Roger Federer Quotes (228 Quotes)

I'm extremely, extremely happy to come through tonight. I never felt like I'd lose but he had me in trouble. I really had to fight.

Of course, Shanghai gave me a lot of confidence. I feel I'm still playing 2005 season.

Tony came to Hamburg last year, which I thought was pretty early.

I was struggling in the beginning with his way of acting on the court,

Played him here last year and it was much tougher. So this was an excellent match for me, maybe the best of the season. I've had some good matches this year, too, but this was against a top-quality player. I thought everything I really wanted to work really worked. I had a great feeling out there.

They signed a three-year deal. I understand the big disappointment from the government, from the tournament, from the fans.

Today it was a great rhythm I found against David, and I'm surprised it was so quick because I didn't expect this. I always expect the worst.

I thought he played better (in the first set). He played aggressive, took the ball early, put away forehands when he could, didn't miss on the backhand and made me run around. That's usually what I do. He gave me a little bit of my own medicine.

It was nice to have time off. It made time to rest and get ready. Hopefully I will be. I have had some fantastic results on hard courts. Hopefully I can keep it up.

A few weeks ago I was not sure how quickly my ankle would recover, but now I am on the court and playing again.

It was difficult to get winners because of the slow nature of the court, but I am happy to be in the final here again. The crowd really got behind me, they really get emotionally involved when I am playing.

I'm not over-confident, just very confident, ... I just know what I have to do. I know my game's in place now. Once I win a certain number of matches, I know what I can do, what I can't do...I play the percentages I think extremely well in finals, and on big points usually I'm, well, I've been unbeatable.

I played very aggressive and tried to do the same in the beginning, but obviously it's not so easy to do that on a consistent basis. I chose again, once I was down 3-Love, to play with a lower risk and sort of make him play a few shots, too, and try to then only go for my shots when I'm really in a good position.

I have played Novak many times and he's always dangerous so this is a good win.

I had to play my best match of the tournament. It happened I played my best in the finals, as usual. I don't know how I do it, but it definitely feels great every single time.

He impressed me in the finals. I did well to come back, but I thought he played a great tournament. I think it's going to give him great motivation now that he's in the top 10.

I am amazed myself that I can back it up one tournament after another, ... I wonder why I always play so well, especially in these big occasions on center court. When I was down 4-2 in the third, I really felt like my serve was coming back.

I'm satisfied to have won and relieved it's over. It was not easy. I didn't play great but you need time to adapt to the surface.

In winning his sixth Grand Slam event, Federer joins an elite list of six-time champions that includes Becker, Don Budge and Stefan Edberg. Tying your idols is every little boy's dream, ... and I made it come true for me today.

I think it is fantastic what she is doing. I hope she can go all the way.

I have learnt to be even more patient.

I'm really happy to be back in the finals, this is what my hope was at the beginning of the tournament.

You sort of always have to weather the storm against him, ... He hits the ball with so much pace.

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

It was a big relief for me to come through in the tiebreaker, ... I'm feeling like I'm getting more feeling for the courts. I'm seeing everything they have to offer. The court today was quicker and I think I'm getting my rhythm.

I knew I had to return well today and get him to work hard on his serve if I was to win.

He looked very relaxed and his attitude and technique was sometimes good, sometimes not so good. Although there are areas he can improve upon he has real potential. He had a good return and volleyed very well. He surprised me at times.

When I would lose matches, I would feel, I think, three times worse than when the guy was losing. I just realized that's not the point, either, ... I wanted to enjoy it, win or lose, out on the court. It's not some kind of war or anything. We're having fun out there in the end. I like the challenge. When the match is over, life goes on.

That's fantastic, ... Tying your idols -- isn't that great It's every boy's dream and I made it come true today in a memorable final.

It looks like it's going to be a walk in the park, but it's definitely not going to be that.

I thought I maybe missed quite a few first serves early in the games that really allowed him to get his teeth into every service game in the beginning.

It looked like the match could have been over very quickly but he hung in there and played well. The beginning of the third set it was a really open match. I was hoping for a good start. I'm really happy I got it.

Perhaps it's not quite as loud as somewhere like Italy or South America,

Today was a solid performance.

I think he's definitely put himself into positions all the time. If he beats me, right away he's in contention for No.1 in the world or he can win a big tournament again. I've been standing in his way and I think he knows that.

For this reason I'm saying let's wait and see how it goes. If the people wait too much for the calls, you know, and don't really care about the shots anymore, this is when I tend to get a little bit pessimistic.

We have had many close and tough matches over the last few years.

That set the pace for the match. He should have broken me, but I came back every time.I think that took away his confidence.From then on, I never really looked back. In the second set, I played great. It was good fun.

I had a blast out there today, ... Rarely the crowd gets into a match like they did tonight. The way he plays, the way I play, I knew it could be a great one...it was quite windy and it was tough to get it past him, particularly when he was coming to the net.

What a pity for him, ... But we'll see much more from him I'm sure.

I think I've made a good transition from clay to grass.

This is a great comeback for me, ... I'm really pleased that I could beat such a quality player like this in the finals. These are the big moments. This is how it's going to be at the US Open basically every match. It would be nice to win as many Masters Series as possible because they are for me very prestigious.

A friend offered me 10 for every match I win 7-6 in the third set. It was too little, so I didn't accept it. But then he raised it to 20 and I couldn't refuse. So I hope to win 7-6 tomorrow as well.

I am very pleased to be in the quarter-finals here for the third time, ... He's a big guy and serves very consistently but it comes down to being able to read his serve.

I came here with huge expectations ... Sampras was one of my favorite players of all time, and Borg, to be in that group is very special. I hope it's not going to stop at three,

I've got to bide my time, keep grinding away and try and look for the answers I guess,

In my eyes, James gave it away. For the first time, he was in this position (playing in a featured night match at the Open), but I think James had him and let it go.

He is a friend of mine. I'm happy to see him play well. I hope it's going to be a good match,

I don't play much in the morning any more, ... Mostly play the prime time hours, which means three, five, seven o'clock. Coming out early today was different. Also when I practice, it's usually always afternoon. So, again, you have to change your plans. But it was a great start.

This is the one of the best moments of my career because I am coming back from the worst injury that I've ever had,