You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
I hope so. God, I’ve practiced so much that I you don’t want to be worse five years later. I feel I have a great game today. I know how hard it is to pull off those great shots, and I know how easy it is to miss, so I’m more aware of these things. But I’m so happy I’m at the age I am right now because I had such a great run and I know there’s still more possible.
I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.
I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because I’ve played well on Suzanne Lenglen, on the other courts. But the Chatrier court is really, really big, and I just haven’t had enough play on it. Maybe I come here next year and play a week on this court, if I can, if the French Federation lets me. We’ll see. I’ve been playing well in other tournaments, in Davis Cup on clay. So for me it’s not the surface, it’s rather maybe the court.
I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
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.
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