Roger Federer Quotes

I didn't know I could even be a professional tennis player, honestly. All this is actually very, very unexpected.

I can't say that it's a dream come true because when I was growing up, I never dreamed of playing in the Olympics.

My very best memory of Montreal was the moment inside the Olympic arena when I was waiting under the stadium and those majestic gates opened up. It was a whole other world.

The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.

Winning a Grand Slam is not something I'll think about.

I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me.

See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?'

Reaching my first grand slam final was amazing, and I didn't expect it at just 19 years old.

I never assumed that I would be able to play in a main draw so quickly after Juniors. I've been having really good results. It really is a privilege. I'm very happy for the opportunity.

To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling.

I've always wanted to play Davis Cup. I love Davis Cup.

I'd much rather people knew me as a good tennis player than as an aboriginal who happens to play good tennis. Of course I'm proud of my race, but I don't want to be thinking about it all the time.

Of course, I want to win a Grand Slam.

It's quite an honor to be selected to represent my country in the Olympics.

That top 100 is a big barrier that every tennis player strives to break into.

I won my second Grand Slam in one year. That is the best year in my career.

I knew I was going to play pro tennis when I was 12.

I think tennis is very different than most of the other sports when you have the opportunity to go pro. For me, it was pretty simple. Tennis was always an individual sport, and your direct results determined where you could go and what you could do.

That's the neat thing about the Olympics - so many of these athletes, they don't make a ton of money, they train for four years to compete, and they realize, 'Look, this is a blessing that I have this chance to represent the United States of America.'

Who wouldn't want to practice with the No. 1 player in the world?

Tim Henman has the all-time Betty Crocker draw. We're talking Easy Bake Oven.

He's up there. But (Marat) Safin, on his game, is as hard to beat.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.