Quotes by Roger Federer

But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season.

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

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

I have learnt to be even more patient.

I think people are looking at this as too dramatic. It's not a disaster, because I knew how tough the claycourt season is for me.

I've really proved that on all surfaces, everywhere in the world, I can win the title. It's been incredible for me from beginning to end.

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

When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.

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.

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.

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.

I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.

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.