Roger Federer: 'I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't have big regrets'

In an interview to Tribune de Geneve Roger Federer was asked if he would do something differently looking back at his 20-year career. “Yeah, but the mistakes you do are part of your life”, Federer explained after presenting the Laver Cup on Friday in Geneva. “I would have done some things in a different way, I do not even know which ones.

Maybe in some matches, in some break points or the way I organize myself, a journey you take and you should not, playing s tournament rather than the other. But in the end, I have not big regrets. And it would mean to live in the past and is not good.

It’s important to stay positive and look forward. To simply take all this as some experiences which you have to learn from. I did a lot of mistakes.” Are there moments in his life where he would have liked to get crazy, but he was not able to do it because all the eyes are on him? “No.

It’s not the fact of being popular that does not allow me to do it. I am okay with being calm with my family and friends, it’s great. And I have a lot of my motivations in my daily life, with the adrenaline of matches and wins.” A few months ago, Annabel Croft said that Roger Federer’s best part is to give his best effort in everything he does both on and off-court.

And the Swiss is aware of it. The 20-time Grand Slam winner said: “I hope I have always been a good tennis ambassador, I always wanted to offer the maximum for endorsements, media, to respect the tournament organizers. I understood it pretty early, thank to the people who surrounded me and achieved progresses during my career, that the life is not just about taking and re-taking, but giving.

Laver Cup is a part of this philosophy. I always had an idea to create a pleasant event for the crowd and players, in teams, because we have a few team tennis competitions. And it works. I have a wife, four children, a team around the road, for me it’s different. But that’s not like this for everyone.”

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