Quotes from Roger Federer

I had set a goal with my team to try and get back to the top of the rankings, but I never thought with the depth in the game this year that I would have been able to get it back so quickly.

Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.

Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.

I don't know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.

Having twin girls is a life changer - that's for sure. But I like getting up and changing diapers. It's the things you do.

I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.

My favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it's the one I've won all the points with.

I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.

The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

My heart is in South Africa, through my mum. My mum being from here, me spending a lot of time here as well, I feel most connected to this part of the world.

You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.

I love tennis! I've always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.

I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him.

I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.

Clearly, when you win everything, it's fun. That doesn't necessarily mean you love the game more.

But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season.

I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.

When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.

Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn't get more consistent than this year.

I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year.

What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.