Roger Federer Quotes
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Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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I can walk around screaming, 'I have 17 Grand Slams. I have the record here or there.' When you can play for history and you do it, that's what is so really cool, is that you can then be compared to other greats or you've passed another great, even though it doesn't mean you're better than him. But it's just like that moment you've gone into the unknown where nobody else has ever been before.
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I went to Phuket already, but would love to go to Chiang Mai one day.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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I'm shocked every time that I've reached so many finals or won against so many players or whatever record it is. It strikes me and makes me obviously very happy and very proud that I've been able to do it for so many years at the highest of levels.
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The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because I've played well on Suzanne Lenglen, on the other courts. But the Chatrier court is really, really big, and I just haven't had enough play on it. Maybe I come here next year and play a week on this court, if I can, if the French Federation lets me. We'll see. I've been playing well in other tournaments, in Davis Cup on clay. So for me it's not the surface, it's rather maybe the court.
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What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
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I'm not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would play on a court at the local club and they would watch from the balcony. They would scream, 'Be quiet' to me and I would scream back, 'Go and have a drink. Leave me alone.' Then we would drive home in a very quiet car. No one speaking to each other.
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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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Mentally, I'm not ever going to go away.
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Being down match point, it's just not fun.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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Maybe further down the road in my career, in a couple of years when I'm maybe not that fast any more around the court, then maybe it would be good to come to the net a little bit more often
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I always knew I had something special.
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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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When you're good at something, make that everything