Roger Federer Quotes

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

Nobody's a better critic of myself than me, and I try to do the best I can.

I'm very hard on myself. If it's a throw that I missed that I know I can make, that's something that I have to correct.

I am one of those athletes who is very hard on myself.

Ultimately, I play for myself, and I take responsibility for my own actions.

I wanted to look in the mirror and be accountable to only one person. The only person is me, and that's the only thing that drives me. The only person I'm in competition with is myself.

You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.

In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

I'll always be tough on myself.

The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies.

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

An artist is his own fault.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

I'm pretty hard on myself in general.

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.