Roger Federer Quotes

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Roger Federer

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 8, 1981

My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.

Roger Federer

Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.

Roger Federer

I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.

Roger Federer

For me, it's important that a fan can buy something that is related to me. Like in soccer, you buy a shirt and it's got somebody's name on the back. That's kind of a cool thing.

Roger Federer

I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.

Roger Federer

When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.

Roger Federer

I have learnt to be even more patient.

Roger Federer

I've always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that's the way things are.

Roger Federer

I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.

Roger Federer

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

Roger Federer

I can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens.

Roger Federer

Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year.

Roger Federer

Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.

Roger Federer

I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.

Roger Federer

I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.

Roger Federer

I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.

Roger Federer

My favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it's the one I've won all the points with.

Roger Federer

I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.

Roger Federer

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.

Roger Federer

The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.

Roger Federer