Roger Federer Quotes

I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.

After moving to the Premier League, I've realised that I need to limber up and strengthen my body trunk.

Well, Margaret Court was the first one, first professional woman - or maybe man - to actually take it into the gyms. She worked out on her body, she was very strong, very fast on the court.

I decided to work really hard in 1987. I hired Matt Doyle, a former pro player, and he helped me with my physical training. Lendl was the first to focus on that. He used to be weak, physically and mentally.

There are a lot of men playing great tennis well into their thirties.

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.

When it comes to sports, it requires a lot mentally and physically.

The key for me will be to play as long as I can and hopefully to be physically like Roger when I'm 36.

You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.

The catching position is hard. You have to find a way to do a lot of things, to be in the game. When you get older, when you're 38 years old, you have to find a way to be on the field.

If you look after yourself and are willing to adapt - there is no reason why you can't play at the top level until your late 30s.

I don't have a doubt that if I wanted to win Grand Slams, I would commit. I'd train two times a day. I'd go to the gym every day. I'd stretch. I'd do rehab. I'd eat right.

Anytime you think about ring rust and travel and camps back-to-back, it helps not having any bad injuries and being able to train consistently.

The intensity of the Premier League is incredible. The levels of fitness you have to reach just to survive in it is absurd.

In wrestling, you've got to be an athlete. You can't just be a body builder; you can't just be this big strong guy who picks people up and throws them around. For longevity in the business, you got to keep your body fit and together.

Actors normally go to the gym to achieve a certain kind of fitness for a role but when you start playing a sport, then you realise that being athletically fit is a very different kind of fitness.

I just get my head down and work on the pitch. Like anybody knows, you are no use to anybody if you aren't fit.

There is still so much room for me to get better. Everyone in this sport evolves so quickly. You could take six months off and come back to a totally different game. That's why I'm always in the gym working. Even if I don't have a fight lined up, I'm still in there working to improve my overall game.

I can always do five, five-minute rounds, any day, even if I was drinking yesterday or doing whatever. I'm a seasoned athlete, an endurance athlete, and I'm always working out.

I need match practice of course, I need minutes in my legs to reach my best form.

If I can force my winger backwards, it just comes down to who's fitter, and I like to think I'm pretty fit.

People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have helped me if I wasn't physically fit.

Women's tennis is getting faster and the girls are getting more athletic, so I need to push myself to become a better athlete. I think 2013 showed me, like a few other years how important being healthy is and how I must listen to my body. During this off season I have been a little smarter on how I train and how I treat my body.

I guess I have a reasonable physique for the sport I do.

I don't see a holiday as a time to break from boxing - it never stops.