“There is no way around hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there’s always something which you can improve.” – Roger Federer

“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.

“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

“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.” – Roger Federer

“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

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

“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.” –  Roger Federer

“One of my big, big strengths I think early on in my career was that I could learn very quickly. You wouldn’t have to tell me the things 10 times or 50 times until I would understand them. You would only have to tell me two or three times.” – Roger Federer

“I always knew I had something special.” – Roger Federer