Roger Federer
Quotes
July 7, 2008: “This really hurts… Losing Paris for me was nothing, losing here is a disaster.”
— Roger Federer, after losing 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7 to archrival Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon final to end his five consecutive Big W titles streak as well as his 65-match winning streak on grass.
April 24, 2008: "Now the umpires can hide even more behind these calls. It makes it really hard for us. They tend to now just let us do the work, the tough stuff. They let us get embarrassed, basically."
—Roger Federer, rightly lambasting the inept and unfair implementation of Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system by means of Player Challenges.
September 25 , 2007: "He has handled everything in his playing career and private life with a lot of class. So many people are intrigued by scandal, but I believe a person with the personality and image like Tim's is much more special."
— Roger Federer with high praise for Englishman Tim Henman who ended his stellar career -- highlighted by reaching the Wimbledon semis four times and a No. 4 singles ranking -- with singles and doubles Davis Cup victories against Croatia.
June 11, 2007: "Rafael played an excellent match and deserved to win." The door's still open. though. The later it comes, the sweeter it will become. I know I can do it now, that's for sure. If anybody can beat Rafa, then it's me"
- Roger Federer, optimistic despite losing for the third straight year to Rafael Nadal at the French Open, the last two times in four-set finals.
May 31, 2007: "I'm not going to beat him every time now. You've got to be able to dominate him on the baseline. Will he allow me to do it again?"
- Roger Federer, with a candid assessment of his clay-court rivalry with Rafael Nadal after beating him for the first time (after five losses) in the Hamburg final to end Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay.
March 15, 2007: "It is very disappointing
that something like this has to happen before you realize
that the system is not going to work. Everybody knows
I was against it in the first place, and I doubt it's
going to happen next year. All I hope is it doesn't
damage the integrity of the game."
- World's No. 1, Roger
Federer, asked to comment on the round-robin fiasco
at The Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas when James Blake
was eliminated, improperly reinstated (according to
the rules) by ATP CEO Etienne de Villiers, and then
eliminated again after protests from the media, fans
and voices as powerful as former world No. 1s Marat
Safin and Lleyton Hewitt.
January 29, 2007: "All these Grand Slams since 2003, that's what, for me, is really scary, how many I've won. I was thinking about it this morning actually when I woke up. Like if somebody would have told me I'd win 10 Grand Slams from mid '03 till today, I never would have thought there was any chance of doing something like that. I would have signed up for just one, you know."
- Roger Federer, humbly
assessing his brilliant career after winning the Australian
Open without losing a set.
June 1, 2006: "Many
people take away things from Sampras because he never
won the French, saying his career was not complete,
which I totally disagree with. I think he had the best
career of any player ever."
— Roger Federer, telling
the Associated Press that he wants to avoid that same
criticism by winning the French Open this fortnight.
April 11, 2005: "Every match
I go into, I'm the huge favorite. I lose a set and it's,
like, crazy."
—Roger Federer, whose
2005 match record has grown to a startling 32-1 after
winning the Nasdaq-100 Open.
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