Quotes on Federer.
Posted by tennisplanet on October 15, 2007
What Roddick said last year when he lost to Roger in Cincinnati:
INTERVIEWER: Last time, at Wimbledon, you said “Next time I may have to punch him.” Do you have a plan B?
RODDICK: Kick him.
INTERVIEWER: Do you feel like Federer is the guy everyone is chasing?
RODDICK: Yeah basically nobody stands a chance against him.. maybe we should all join together, you know like Power Rangers or something….
-”I am getting really sick of this guy,” Ljubicic joked. “But I guess he likes the same tournament as me, so I will have to keep seeing him. It is the first time I have done something like this. It seems I have to be careful choosing my tournaments in the future.”
-”He’s the most gifted player that I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ve seen a lot of people play. I’ve seen the (Rod) Lavers, I played against some of the great players – the Samprases, Beckers, Connors’, Borgs, you name it. This guy could be the greatest of all time. That, to me, says it all.” – John McEnroe, winner of 7 Grand Slams.
-”I’d like to be in his shoes for one day to know what it feels like to play that way.” – Mats Wilander, winner of 6 Grand Slams.
-Roger can produce tennis shots that should be declared illegal” – Tracy Austin
-”But there’s probably — I don’t think there’s anyone that hits the ball like that. Sure, if you take Roddick’s serve and Agassi’s returns and my volleys and Hewitt’s speed and tenacity, then you’ve probably got a good chance against Federer (laughter). That’s a lot of people involved in, you know, one player. “
-TIM HENMAN
-”It could get into my mind. I could start thinking, ‘I can’t play against this guy, his game doesn’t suit me’. I could start accepting the fact that I have been losing against him, but that would be a bad thing for me to do.”
– Roger Federer on Rafael Nadal.
A quote from an article on James Blake:
“Despite his recent play or, more likely, because he represents the Great American Hope, Tennis Magazine picked Blake to win the U.S. Open.
“Someone there hasn’t been paying attention if they are picking against Roger [Federer],” Blake said. “If you poll the top 200 guys in the world, about 199 are going to say Roger. The only one who won’t is Roger because he’s too nice about it.” “
-” I just have a very strong belief in my capabilities, in not showing my opponent how I feel fighting like crazy even though it doesn’t look like I am.”- Roger Federer on himself after beating Richard Gasquet in Toranto Masters.-I’d love to cook an egg on rogies head.-Tiger Woods.
Anand_101 said
The one with the least ego wins the mental battles.
—Old jungle saying
Actually just made it up
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Brooke said
Roddick lost to Federer two years ago at Cincinnati, not last year and there’s no way he said that second quote. He probably said something like, “You know he’s the guy that all of us are, you know, chasing, you know. I think there’s — you know, he’s the main guy and then there’s, you know, probably four or five of us that are — I don’t know. Maybe we need to, you know, do just a tag team effort or something, join forces, you know, like Power Rangers or something. You know?”
lesturla said
Permission to repost in my blog please.
Eva said
What I remember Roddick saying–after a loss last year, not sure which: I’d like to hate the guy but he’s just too nice. Also, he’d said, when he himself had played particularly well, what can you do with returns or shots like that? Or something to that effect.
Thanks, Anand_101 for these quotes.