Roger Federer Quotes

When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.

I've played with Mardy Fish a lot. Played with him, I think, two years ago in one of the weekend rounds.

I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.

For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player.

I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.

Do what you do with love, and success is a natural symptom.

To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

I love film. I am very blessed to be making movies.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Football is about winning; it's that simple. You have to love what you do. If you're here for the money, than you don't belong here.

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.

Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.

And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home plate, swinging the bat, fielding a ground ball. There's some dedication in it, some love you've got to put into this work.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.

For me, motivation is easy. I enjoy what I'm doing, and I'm lucky to play tennis. I enjoy the suffering. It's something quite natural for me to go on the court and suffer, and to go in the gym and to suffer, and to know the only way to get better is to work out - that's what I like.

For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able to go outside and do what I love. It's a privilege to be able to make my own hours, even though they're long, but I make them.

If I learned one thing by playing professional hockey for thirty-two years, it's that you have to love what you do. And that's not just true for sports.

I love football. It's been very generous to me.

There are a lot of hours and a lot of sacrifices you have to make to achieve your dreams as a tennis player.

You need to love to play defense.

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.