Top 90 Roger Federer Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.”

— Roger Federer

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2. “I fear no one, but respect everyone.”

— Roger Federer

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3. “A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.”

— Roger Federer

4. “When you’re good at something, make that everything.”

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

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6. “I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.”

— Roger Federer

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7. “Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.”

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

11. “I have learnt to be even more patient.”

— Roger Federer

12. “I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.”

— Roger Federer

13. “The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.”

— Roger Federer

14. “One should just be able to play a perfect game.”

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

16. “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.”

— Roger Federer

17. “Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.”

— Roger Federer

18. “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

19. “Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.”

— Roger Federer

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20. “I always knew I had something special.”

— Roger Federer

21. “My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.”

— Roger Federer

22. “My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.”

— Roger Federer

23. “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.”

— Roger Federer

24. “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.”

— Roger Federer

25. “Success is a nice thing because it always means you’ve taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.”

— Roger Federer

26. “It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.”

— Roger Federer

27. “You know, I don’t only play for the record books.”

— Roger Federer

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28. “When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.”

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

30. “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.”

— Roger Federer

31. “I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.”

— Roger Federer

32. “You live during the match, and you have strong emotions, but you don’t want to get too overexcited. My body’s totally flat now. I cannot move anymore. I’m totally exhausted, just because of the tension out there.”

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

34. “For me, I’m in the driver’s seat; I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve won the last couple of meetings, and I’ve won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I’ll try to beat him. But it’s almost up to me to decide who’s my rival, isn’t it?”

— Roger Federer

35. “Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.”

— Roger Federer

36. “Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a bit wiser, and a bit more experienced, you know also how to handle it.”

— Roger Federer

37. “I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.”

— Roger Federer

38. “One or two years ago, I didn’t know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I’ve learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.”

— Roger Federer

39. “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

40. “Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.”

— Roger Federer

41. “I went to Phuket already, but would love to go to Chiang Mai one day.”

— Roger Federer

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

— Roger Federer

43. “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

44. “Confidence? Are you kidding me? I mean, please. Look, some players grow up and play like that. I remember losing junior matches. Just being down 5-2 in the third, and they all just start slapping shots.”

— Roger Federer

45. “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.”

— Roger Federer

46. “I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to bed at 11?’ I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.”

— Roger Federer

47. “Being down match point, it’s just not fun.”

— Roger Federer

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48. “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

49. “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

50. “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