Roger Federer Quotes, Thoughts and images

There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.

A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.

You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.

I fear no one, but respect everyone.

When you're good at something, make that everything

The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.

Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that's when you start playing your best.

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

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

Clearly, when you win everything, it's fun. That doesn't necessarily mean you love the game more.

The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side

I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step onto the match court.

My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.

I definitely feel there's room for improvement.

You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.

I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there won't be many.

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

Mentally, I'm not ever going to go away.

You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me, it's important to have a bit of both.

Seriously. I'm not playing to prove anything to journalists. I'm playing for myself, for my fans, to make people happy.

I always knew I had something special.

I'm not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.

I have learnt to be even more patient.

With all the injury problems we have in men's tennis at the moment, I'm happy to still be standing.

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.

It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That's not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don't believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can't do it.

I love tennis! I've always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.

One should just be able to play a perfect game.

The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that's the beauty of it.

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.

It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.

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.

Hopefully, I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.

Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I'm the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.

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.

I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.