You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don't think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.
You never know how many times you're going to be able to come out on Rod Laver Arena and just play.
I am always focusing on what I can do better for years down the line.
It's always tricky to play against a player who you've never played against.
One tournament can change everything for you. You never know when that tournament might be.
Tennis is one of those sports: whatever you put in, you get out.
There's a lot of distractions in New York.
I think people enjoy seeing my kind of game.
I'm terrible at relaxing and holidays. For me, a day off is going to the gym. I could never just lie on the beach and read a book.
I'm a very good sleeper, especially during a tournament; I usually get eight hours a night, even before a big match.
When you step out on the grounds of Wimbledon, you feel that respect, you feel that heritage, feel the history.
I know what I have to do in order to do good.
Who wouldn't want to practice with the No. 1 player in the world?
The first time I heard 'Baby Federer,' I was maybe 16. After that, it sort of took off.
In order to be the best, you have to be around the best.
It's very hard to look at the man in the mirror. Because you can't hide anything.
I don't like taking showers in the locker room after a match.
I get manicures and pedicures because I don't want to be one of those guys with messed-up hands and feet.
I think when I was younger, I was struggling to kind of differentiating love from a personal love or a tennis love or whatever else. There was time that I wasn't sure how to deal with both things in the same time. But you learn. I guess we grow. I mean, I don't want to say I've learned from my mistakes, but I've learned myself a little bit better.
All I'm focused on is playing my game. Everything else will take care of itself.
