He's improved incredibly. I think we're all surprised he got so far because there's other very talented youngsters who I thought would make the break before him, but he proved us all wrong.
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Related We are all proud and delighted for what he has achieved. He has improved much more than what we thou... KAPIL DEV Last time I was starstruck was when I met Roger Federer. He is one of the few athletes that I really... HENRIK LUNDQVIST Tiger would probably be a lot like Roger if all the golf tournaments were match play. Tiger is pheno... BRAD GILBERT He'll never beat Roger Federer unless he becomes a little more aggressive so I think it's time for h... MATS WILANDER I would say that Roger Federer is pretty amazing. And Manny Pacquiao - he's such a tiny, little ... WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO We thought we were invincible and Dominic proved us all wrong,” - Jesse Carlisle NINA D'ANGELO We wanted to make sure all of the quotes we've heard from him are accurate. We hoped that they weren... CHIP GRAMKE I knew nothing about him before he arrived but I have been very impressed so far, ANDY GOMARSALL I would have loved to have met Roger Federer. KATIE TAYLOR He is very steady. He very rarely makes a mental error. I think he improved all spring. CHRIS COSH Roger [Federer], he brought tennis... one level higher. Normally he toys with everybody. With all re... MARAT SAFIN I miss him so much, but it's confusing, because I missed him long before he was dead, and that's the... A.S. KING I was surprised at how far back he was. I would have liked to have been a lot closer, but they were ... ALEX SOLIS Roger Federer is the best player in the world. He wins everything, RAFAEL NADAL I think he (Ober) asked me if I would accept it. But I'm not sure because I was so surprised. MARIE UNDERWOOD I thought the kid would make it, but I understand why he didn't, because the field was wet and just ... DOUG BRIEN I don't know if there is one particular moment that I can pin my finger on. But over the summer when... LEE HUMPHREY I met him at Viareggio and I saw that he was upset, but I did not think he would do so far. MARCELLO LIPPI I thought it was very exciting news, and we were all very surprised. I really wasn't holding out for... BARBARA SAUNDERS He would probably be up here right next to me. I would say he would probably be critical because tha... PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN When I saw Brendan come over the hill in first place, I thought the two other runners who had been w... JOSE SOSA My favorite tennis player, who I'm amazed by, is Roger Federer. DOUG DAVIDSON He got in the woods before they got there (because) he was so far ahead of them. DAVID JARRELL I think he might be very surprised. But the promoter in him would love the idea of a year-long celeb... BOB HUNEFELD Dennis is very affable. He likes to joke all the time. He has a very open personality. I thought I w... FRED COHEN Somehow, Andy has to turn it around so that instead of chasing Federer, he's making Federer beat him... ANDY RODDICK Speaking about Roger Federer: "The best way to beat him would be to hit him over the head with a rac... ROD LAVER I'm not surprised because obviously he deserved it for a while now. But just for him to actually be ... DIANA TAURASI I think I would have beaten most people today but credit where it's due, he played a very good match... ANDY RODDICK When Roger plays like this, ... he is very tough to beat. His forehand is very good. He improved so ... DAVID NALBANDIAN He was counting. All I heard him say was ,'One one-thousand,' but I think he forgot the other four. JALEN ROSE I don't think he got it all. He hit it good, but I think it missed the barrel. He is just so strong. BUTCH WYNEGAR I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgresse... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If you lose a man because you thought the best but were all wrong, then that's his fault. If you los... JENNIFER BLAKE I was surprised by that. I thought he did a real good job for us. And he had been in a pennant race ... MARK LORETTA Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I was right... BRUCE ANDERSON (Trevor) recognized my voice when I got home. But I think it took him about two days before he reali... JED WESTOVER When my sister and I were very young, my father used to tell us fairy stories that he'd made up.... NICOLAS ROEG I thought he was OK, but he stopped breathing and they had to put him on a respirator. When I was ab... CODY COLVIN Anyone who didn't know Roger Federer was a unique and creative athlete before the U.S. Open victory ... MARK MILES I thought either we were making him (Marion) an All-American or he already is one. He's a very good ... JOSH GRANT I admire Roger Federer, not only for his tennis but also for his personality. ANA IVANOVIC We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant eve... JENNY HAN I thought the interviews she got were far more interesting than I would have got because they were t... CATHY HENKEL I think almost every player has a few very good friends on tour. Mine are: Yves Allegro, Roger Feder... MARCO CHIUDINELLI You have to be patient with him. Travis doesn't remember much about it, but he was close to his mom,... JAMIE MCGUIRE I thought we defended him pretty well, but he hit everything he shot ? 2-pointers, 3-pointers, and h... ELDON HOY Some of those shots he hits are remarkable. He's the best shooter I've ever seen. He's very talented... DICKIE HEMRIC Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely ... AMY CHUA I thought we wore him down because he had to make so many plays for them. BLAINE TAYLOR I hope the Catholics don't get a hold of him and make him a saint. That would make him most miserabl... MALACHY MCCOURT All along, we thought he was a talented kid. He made some changes in technique and got better as the... MARC BILLETT He has been so upset since we got here. I'm so surprised that he ran this well. He started out in a ... BILL SPAWR Roger Federer is stylish. BJORN BORG I'm not very surprised with what our record is, just because everyone is so talented. We're all youn... ERIC HALL I needed him to know how I felt so I just kissed him as long as he would let me. I used to think tal... KATIE KACVINSKY He always thought of everybody but himself. All through high school he was always the one who would ... DOROTHY MILLER It's not just that everyone looks very good, but very safe. They all go for the same look. Rachel Zo... KATRINA SZISH Jimmy's game got very good because he was a small player like the rest of us, but then he shot up to... BILL FOLEY We think so because other people all think so, Or because - or because - after all we do think so, O... HENRY SIDGWICK I don't know why he would be surprised. He said, 'I'm really looking forward to other opportunities.... BROOKS BOYER It was difficult without him because his presence is very important. But on the other hand, he prepa... BALTEMAR BRITO I think he deserves it all. He's done an extremely good job with us. He got us through different sit... ELLIE RADKE A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power... CHARLES HORTON COOLEY Sometimes people read him wrong because he's so quiet. But he's very clutch. He comes through for us... BRANDON INGE He has so much potential and so much upside. Everywhere he has gone, he has improved immediately. Be... JOE ROBINSON I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he di... PATTI DAVIS I heard he said he was out until the All-Star break, so I don't have to answer it any more. That's w... LARRY BROWN I think it's a reasonable thought that if it went beyond the All-Star break that would make it diffi... GREGG POPOVICH I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did... GLEN CAMPBELL My hero is Roger Federer. SAINA NEHWAL I thought the quarterback had the ball, and I guess he just got it off when I hit him. It's very unf... BEN SHEA There were, however, a few exceptions. One was Norma Dodsworth, the poet, who had not unpleasan... ARTHUR C. CLARKE I think he was such a magical figure, so compelling a figure, he inevitably drew the interest of ver... DAVID HALBERSTAM One thing I can do is jump, but the reason I couldn't was because [Noel] had me by the shirt and he ... JAY HEAPS I think Anthony went out and does what he does best. He got another win. I think he played well. We ... DARRIN HORN God is always on time, it may not be the time you are expecting, but hes on time. Just like he said ... ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE I think he was surprised when I made my move. He probably thought I wouldn't do it. JOSH TEEPLES He would always say 'I come before you' but he seemed like he put everybody before him. JASMINE THOMAS We weren't surprised by what we got when he was a ninth-grader. We knew he was a talented young man.... GEORGE DYCHE I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he though... GLEN CAMPBELL Roger Federer moves like a whisper and executes like a wrecking ball. It is simply impossible to exp... NICK BOLLETTIERI Billy played well. He got into foul trouble in the second quarter. He got two fouls in the second so... LARRY HOGAN I honestly thought they might be a bit sharp for him but with him being a bit fresh, he got the luc... CLIFF BROWN We seen him moving, so we didn't think he was hurt. We were all three on the tree. I looked back at ... JAKE EAKIN People thought he got the job because he was my stepson -- at the time, I was the president of the C... EDWARD COLLINS I told the judge today he hasn't listened to two judge's before him. Why would he follow the rules o... MARIA WELLS The pay-per-view people were very organized and they forced him to think about things he never would... JEFF NEWMAN Heck gave us some problems. I thought maybe we needed to introduce David Patten to him at halftime s... JOE CRAVENS Matt has pitched well. I thought when I recruited him he was pretty good, but I've been pleasantly s... DENNIS MARTEL I think theres a little child in all of us and we all to often forget to let the child out to play. DONNA A. FAVORS That's as poor a half as we've played all year. But I thought we caught a break because we were only... KIP DROWN I think very much of the people, as an old friend said he thought of woman. He said when he lost his... ABRAHAM LINCOLN He had proved to us over and over he could be trusted, so we didn't question him. CATHY CLARK And whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else ... PLATO He came in with lots of baggage. . . . No one would have been surprised had he not been a star. But ... JANE HARMAN Since childhood, I have been a fan of Spider Man because, according to me, he has the maximum humani... TIGER SHROFF Drake was a fan before a friend. He already was a Cash Money millionaire. When opportunity came, may... BIRDMAN He struggled to get ahold of himself. This had to stop! He couldn't flip out every time he thought a... SUZANNE COLLINS I was glad Josh Wolff was out. He has been so hot and so dynamic. He would have caused us trouble. T... BUZZ LAGOS
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When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my ki... ROGER FEDERER I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when ... ROGER FEDERER You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the be... ROGER FEDERER When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's ... ROGER FEDERER I'm as patient a father as I am on the tennis court. It takes a lot for me to get really upset, ... ROGER FEDERER Having twin girls is a life changer - that's for sure. But I like getting up and changing diaper... ROGER FEDERER I've always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined... ROGER FEDERER I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London... ROGER FEDERER Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand ... ROGER FEDERER I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my f... ROGER FEDERER I have learnt to be even more patient. ROGER FEDERER To handle that stardom, the red carpets, the photo shoots, people all of a sudden recognizing you an... ROGER FEDERER So far in this tournament, I haven't lost set before, ... When it happens, you're not ready for it. ROGER FEDERER It just seems to click for me. ROGER FEDERER I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I... ROGER FEDERER In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times. ROGER FEDERER He did a great job this week and came so very close, but he was a little bit unlucky in the end. ROGER FEDERER I had to get back into the match. I almost had the feeling it was an uphill battle all the way. ROGER FEDERER At the baseline I didn't have the feeling I was in any rush at all. That's a good feeling to have fr... ROGER FEDERER Andy hasn't lost a pro final yet so something's got to give! Seriously, Roger, if he plays his game,... ROGER FEDERER I felt very unsure about this match, to be honest. I had a bad feeling about it but what matters is ... ROGER FEDERER I hoped it would be easier obviously. I was playing quite passively and got caught up in that. I gue... ROGER FEDERER It's always a strange feeling when that happens. Four sets says it all. It was difficult. ROGER FEDERER We've played on many occasions, and he's been the in-form player lately. ROGER FEDERER When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and wh... ROGER FEDERER I don't mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That's all part of the fun of bei... ROGER FEDERER I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd b... ROGER FEDERER I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it. ROGER FEDERER This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting ... ROGER FEDERER I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympi... ROGER FEDERER I would enjoy playing Rafael. It would be nice to see him back in the final after his injury. ROGER FEDERER Rafael played a great match, it was tough to lose. ROGER FEDERER I'm happy. I haven't lost a set, I'm through to the fourth round once again. Everything is feeling g... ROGER FEDERER I played tough and consistent and when I needed to serve well I did that too. ROGER FEDERER I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when yo... ROGER FEDERER I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments. ROGER FEDERER He's improved a lot in the last few months and I expect it to be a tough match, ROGER FEDERER The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the t... ROGER FEDERER I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes... ROGER FEDERER I like to play against guys who have beaten me, especially early in the career, try to get them back... ROGER FEDERER PTSD is curable when one realises how the unconscious mind works and that the symptoms of PTSD are a... ROGER ROGER O [Roman] people be ashamed; be ashamed of your lives. Almost no cities are free of evil dens, are a... WILLIAM J. FEDERER Persistence wears down resistance. WILLIAM J. FEDERER The COUNTRY is controlled by LAWS> LAWS are controlled by POLITICIANS> POLITICIANS a... WILLIAM J. 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existence is made known. ROGER PENROSE Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is h... ROGER WICKER The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethi... ROGER WICKER What it comes down to is that modern society discriminates against the right hemisphere. ROGER SPERRY To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do. ROGER ASCHAM Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on... ROGER WICKER The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question ab... ROGER WICKER So you think you can tell heaven from hell - blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field from a... ROGER WATERS It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research. ROGER WICKER The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden. ROGER ZELAZNY One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more. JOHN ROGER Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it. ROGER STARR The Establishment on both the Left and the Right, who want to disenfranchise the millions of Republi... ROGER STONE I get blamed for things I have nothing to do with. ROGER STONE I would not rule out going to Israel because I disapprove of the foreign policy any more than I woul... ROGER WATERS I remember when a Coke came in a six-ounce bottle, and delicious it was. Now it comes in sizes so bi... ROGER EBERT Nothing shows both polish and utility like the nattily tucked pocket handkerchief or 'pocket squ... ROGER STONE It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable... ROGER L'ESTRANGE Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employe... ROGER SMITH It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. ROGER ASCHAM By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
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Foure waies in court to win men's grace. ROGER ASCHAM Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and ... ROGER STAUBACH The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose d... ROGER SCRUTON I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confin... ROGER LEWIS I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confi... ROGER LEWIS Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed. ROGER KAHN Reality is the best possible cure for dreams. ROGER STARR Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats ROGER CARAS Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream. ROGER ROSENBLATT If somebody wants to book Alec Baldwin on one of our shows, and he wants to come on and talk to our ... ROGER AILES When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff e... ROGER CLEMENS Who would have ever thought that I'd end up saying that I want to be an all-around entertainer? ... ROGER DALTREY Bitcoin is amazingly transformative because it's the first time in the entire history of the wor... ROGER VER Several other aerospace and defense firms have announced plans to build facilities in north Mississi... ROGER WICKER There is nothing - nothing - worse than seeing ankle or a hairy calf when a man in a suit or trouser... ROGER STONE Horse racing is animated roulette. ROGER KAHN If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong someth... ROGER ROSENBLATT A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desire... ROGER EBERT The skills I acquired in Southeastern Louisiana University, Thrifty Drugs, Pacific Mutual, along wit... ROGER WANG CNN and MSNBC, our primary competitors, are trying to figure out how to beat us. There are some good... ROGER AILES In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have... ROGER STAUBACH I was considered chubby as a teen. ROGER MOORE All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This ... ROGER BACON Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and ... ROGER MOORE No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. I... ROGER ROSENBLATT Tennis and golf are best played, not watched. ROGER KAHN I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press. ROGER KAHN We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But ... ROGER WICKER I didn't learn the alphabet until I was 11. ROGER MOORE Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. ROGER CARAS Cats don't like change without their consent. ROGER CARAS I am as confounded by dogs as I am indebted to them. ROGER CARAS Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walk... ROGER CARAS If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but ther... ROGER CARAS Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter. ROGER EBERT Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirat... ROGER EBERT My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.' ROGER EBERT By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of... ROGER EBERT Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate. ROGER EBERT Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted. ROGER EBERT It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people. ROGER EBERT I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to get those out of the pa... ROGER EBERT And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and dis... ROGER EBERT We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking. ROGER EBERT It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius. ROGER EBERT I've never found kicks to the groin particularly funny, although recent work in the genre of the... ROGER EBERT I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. ROGER EBERT Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually abo... ROGER EBERT No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough. ROGER EBERT Every great film should seem new every time you see it. ROGER EBERT Why do alcoholics begin down the same hazardous road day after day? They are in search of that elusi... ROGER EBERT Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natu... ROGER EBERT I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand t... ROGER EBERT Nothing ever seems straightforward in Venice, least of all its romances. ROGER EBERT One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open t... ROGER EBERT To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must t... ROGER EBERT Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Ra... ROGER EBERT There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase... ROGER EBERT Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you. ROGER EBERT That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmon... ROGER MCGUINN Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. ROGER MILLER The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit. ROGER STONE The idea that a book can advise a woman how to capture a man is touchingly naive. Books advising men... ROGER EBERT Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against t... ROGER WICKER