Roger Federer Quotes

I always wanted to be a professional player, but when I started playing well in Challengers and, for the first time, I did well at ATP tournaments, I saw that these guys are also beatable.

I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.

I followed tennis a little. I liked Lendl, Edberg, and Rafter.

For me, it has an extra value to be able to beat the Williams sisters in the finals, because they are just so good. For me, it's proof of being literally the best player in the tournament.

That's the ultimate goal - to try to go deep into the Australian Open and deep into the other slams throughout the year.

My goal is to win a single A.T.P. point.

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

I think the first step is definitely Top 5. From there, you can sort of see the end, and that's the top. In order to do that, you need to win Slams and big tournaments. That's just proven. There is no other way.

I want to be a top-10 player and I want to win a Grand Slam tournament.

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got to do well at the Masters Series and the grand slams. I dont have any ranking points to defend for the first few months of the year so if I do well over the next few weeks then Ive got a chance of doing it.

I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors are today, given some changes.

I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important.

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups.

I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.

Queen's is one of my favourite tournaments of the year.

In Grand Slam, you play every two days, five-set match. You have a little bit more time to make mistake.

When you play Futures and Challengers for three, four years, you're playing in obscurity. You play the game for other reasons. You don't play the game for money or attention. You play the game because you like to play. You play the game because you enjoy the journey.

Playing in a main draw Grand Slam is something you dream about as a kid.

To be in the top 10 for the first time, it's like a dream. When you start to play tennis, it's something you think about.

At the end of the day, it is a very long year. The tennis season is pretty much ten months of the year.

In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.

My favorite tournament is the U.S. Open because the atmosphere is great.

Serena is tough to beat; to get over her in the rankings is hard.