"I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me

back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman,
is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player" - Shane Warne.
"Sachin is cricket's God"- Barry Richards
"Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours."- Michael Kasprowicz
You have to decide for yourself whether you're bowling well or not. He's going to hit you for
fours and sixes anyway. Kasprowicz has a superior story. During the Bangalore Test, frustrated,
he went to Dennis Lillee and asked, "Mate, do you see any weaknesses?" Lillee replied, "No
Michael, as long as you walk off with your pride that's all you can do"- Shane Warne
"You take Don Bradman away and he is next up I reckon."- Steve Waugh
"I'd like to see him go out and bat one day with a stump. I tell you, he'd do okay"- Greg Chappell
"If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard"- Dennis Lillee
"Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime, and I am privileged he played in my time"
- Wasim Akram
"Sachin Tendulkar is a genius. I'm a mere mortal"- Brian Lara
"He's a phenomenon. We have to be switched on when he plays allow him no boundries, for then
he doesn't stop"- Mark Taylor
"You have to watch India in India truly to appreciate the pressure that Sachin Tendulkar is under
every time he bats. Outside grounds, people wait until he goes in before paying to enter. They
seem to want a wicket to fall even though it is their own side that will suffer"
- Shane Warnebold text
Andrew Symonds: wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin. " To Sachin,
the man we all want to be "
Virendra Sehwag: Both of us have come a long away and it is a great honour that Tendulkar
thinks I come close to resembling him as a batsman. It is a great honour, like a dream come true.
If I die tomorrow I'll be the happiest man because I played this game because of Tendulkar, and
Tendulkar himself saying that I resemble him - there is no bigger compliment than that.
Mathew Hayden: I have seen GOD, he bats at no.4 for India in Tests.
Ravi Shashtri: He is someone sent from up there to play cricket and go back.
Martin Crowe: The shot played on this ball is only possible for the GOD of cricket.
Paul Strang: What we [zimbabwe] need is 10 tendulkars.
Mathew Hayden: His life seems to be a stillness in a frantic world... [When he goes out to bat], it
is beyond chaos - it is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man. The people see him as a God...
Viv Richards: He is 99.5% Perfect.. I'll pay to watch him play.
Steve Waugh: After being defeated in the Coca-Cola Cup finals in Sharjah) "It was one of the
greatest innings I have ever seen. There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin
is perhaps only next to the Don''
Sir Don Bradman: I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked
my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing
much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a
similarity between the two...hi compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel!
in reference to Sachin Tendulkar.
Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he
played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant
they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way. Wasim Akram,
after game at Hobart, CUB series, 1999
Brett Lee: You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he
walks across and hits it for two behind midwicket. His bat looks so heavy but he just waves it
around like it's a toothpick. Brett Lee, on Sachin Tendulkar's batting, 1999
Viv Richards: I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of Cricket that has
been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that's
going to be. He can play in any era and at any level.
Barry Richards: Consensus is that Sir Donald Bradman was the best batsman ever to play
Cricket. Sir Don did not play One-Day Cricket but if he did, he could easily be Sachin
Tendulkar.
BBC Sports: Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is
something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to
soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play
alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television
sets and switch off their lives.
"I dont know what to bowl at him. I bowled an in-swinger and he drove me through covers of
the front foot. Then I bowled an out-swinger and he again punched through covers of the
backfoot (for Tamil fans-dai avan eppadi pottalum adikaranda). He is d toughest batsmen I've
bowled to. He should live long and score lots of runs, but not against Pakistan (smiling) "--
LEGENDARY WASIM AKRAM on our own SACHIN on 24th April 2004 on ESPN Sachin's
30th B day program.(i think) on his knock in 2003 world cup.
Sunil Gavaskar: India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There
is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.
Richie Benaud: He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what
Shane Warne is to bowling.
Geoffrey Boycott: Technically, you can't fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow nothing is a
problem.
Eddie Barlow: He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player,
a player in his own way. He has a technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything
indicates that he will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of
Barry Richards.
Greg Chappell: He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and
when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world
with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease.
Abdul Qadir: I Was fielding in the covers Tendulkar came out to bat in his debut Test at Karachi.
I still remember Waqar Younis was at his peak form at that time. Tendulkar tried to drive Waqar
through the covers off his very first ball in Test cricket but was beaten all ends up. But I walked
to captain Imran Khan and told him 'this kid looks very good' and Imran agree with me.
Sir Garfield Sobers: I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot.
He has it in him to be among the very best.
Jeff Thompson: Sachin is an attacker. He has much more power than Sunny. He wants to be the
one to set the pace. He has to be on top. That's the buzz about him.
Ian Healy: Tendulkar is the most comouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney
gunning for him he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I've seen him against Warne too.
Mike Coward: Sachin's the best. I've had this view since I saw him score that hundred in Sydney
in 1992. He's the most composed batsman I've ever seen.
Hashim Amla: Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar
on it. Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.
Shane Warne: "Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt - daylight second,
Brian Lara third." Shane Warne delights the Indian press with his views on batting greats of this
era.
Shahrukh Khan: "Maybe the country doesn't pray for me like they do for Sachin Tendulkar, but I
know I'm on a good wicket as well."
Martina Navratilova: "Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting
with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson." Tennis legend joins the
Sachin Tendulkar fan club after watching him bat at Sydney.
Alistair Campbell: After losing to India in the Coca Cola Cup final at Sharjah in November '98
"He has everything a top batsman needs. Tendulkar is a classic example of a player being so
good that his age is an irrelevance"
David Boon: "Technically he stands out as the best because of his ability to increase the pace at
will"
Cricket Historian Vasant Raiji: "I have always felt C. K. Nayadu was the best. I now think
Sachin has the honour of being the most outstanding batsman of all time."
Adam Hollioke: "In an over I can bowl six different balls. But then Sachin looks at me with a
sort of gentle arrogance down the pitch as if to say 'Can you bowl me another one?'"
Tony Greig: He is cool, has magnificent temperament, and is so mature you tend to forget his
age. I can't think of any other example of a player who has so dominated the world before the age
of 25.
Allan Border: (after India won the Coca-Cola cup) "Hell, if he stayed, even at 11 an over he
would have got it."
David Gower "In the last session in Nagpur, when the Indian chase was still on, Tendulkar hit a
reverse sweep, an orthodox sweep and a lofted cover drive to (Ian) Blackwell. They were all
exquisite cricket shots. To play those shots deliberately in such quick succession, off almost
similar deliveries, was genius. That was a little jewel, just those 3-4 minutes. "It reminds you
how very few people are special. It was a case of great thinking and good technique."
Gavaskar..Back in 1988 to tom alter: I sat in the office of Sportsweek magazine with that same
Sunil Gavaskar. Ayaz Memon and I were listening to Gavaskar in one of his rare, priceless
moods. The Little Master was delving deep into his own experience, his own genius, and
bringing forth pearls of wisdom as sudden, and as effective, as his straight- drives back past the
bowler. Then Gavaskar came up with the following statement (remember, this was in 1988,
when Dilip Vengsarkar was about to become captain of India): "The two best batsmen in
Bombay today are Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar." Full stop. End of statement. The ball
crosses the boundary-line underneath the sight- screen.
In terms of technique and compactness, Tendulkar is the best: Desmond Haynes.
"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?" Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter
dropped Sachin's catch.
Allan Donald : His shot selection is superb, he just lines you up and can make you look very
silly. Everything is right in his technique and judgement. There isn't a fault there. He is also a
lovely guy, and over the years I've enjoyed some interesting chats with him Sachin is in a
different class to Lara as a professional cricketer. He is a model cricketer, and despite the
intolerable pressures he faces back home, he remains a really nice guy Sachin is also the best
batsman in the world, pulling away from Brain Lara every year
Anil Kumble -he's shy little gentleman. I am very privileged to have played with him and seen
most of the runs that he has scored. I am also extremely happy to have shared the same dressing
room... He is a very reserved person and generally keeps to himself. He is very determined,
committed and doesn't show too many emotions. He just goes about doing his job. The thing I
admire most about this man is his poise. The way he moves, elegantly without ever looking out
of place in any condition or company, suggests his pedigree. I remember he had once come to
New Delhi in the 1990s to collect his Arjuna Award (India's highest award to its top
sportspersons) and he asked me if I would attend the function. He is a very sensitive human
being. Sometimes you feel he really hasn't felt the kind of competition in the world his talent
deserves. I would have loved to see him perform against top quality cricketers of the previous
generation. It would really have brought out the best in him.
Greame Pollock : Tendulkar is the best in the world at the moment. Why I've always liked him is
that batsmen tend to be negative at times and I think batting is not about not getting out - it is to
play positively. I think you got to take it to the bowlers and Sachin is one such player. When you
do so, you change the game, you change bowlers because they suddenly start bowling badly
because they are under pressure.
Ian Chappell : Whenever I see Sachin play I am reminded of the Graeme Pollock quote of
Cricket being a 'see the ball, hit the ball game.' He hits the ball as if it's there to be hit.
Ravi Shastri: "We always knew that Sachin Tendulkar is a great cricketer, but after the Coca-
Cola Cup here, we have seen the birth of a legend. I can't think of anybody who has batted more
authoritatively in one day cricket for India, or even in the world except for Vivian Richards."
Navjot Sidhu: "His mind is like a computer. He stores data on bowlers and knows where they
are going to pitch the ball."
Mark Taylor: "We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin" - Mark
Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)
Dravid: Playing in the same team as Sachin is a huge honour. His balance of mind, shrewd
judgement, and modesty and, above all, his technical brilliance make him my all-time hero...
You can't get a more complete cricketer than Sachin. He has everything that a cricketer needs to
have. As a batsman, he has the technique, the hunger and the desire for runs. He always
contributes with the bat as well as on the field. He also is a good fielder and bowls when needs.
You really can't ask for a better cricketer than Sachin... He is a terrific person and has handled
pressure brilliantly. He has handled his success very well and doesn't have any airs about him.
He is a great guy and very good team man. In his heart of hearts, he is a very simple and down to
earth person.
Azhar : The more I see him, the more I want to see him.
Harsha bhogle: if Sachin plays well. India sleeps well
Sourav Ganguly: The thing I like most about Sachin is his intensity. After being in the game for
so long, he still has the same desire to do well for India in any international match. I tell you
what, this man is a legend.
Kris Srikkanth : "He is the only match-winning batsman we have"
Ranatunga : "You get him out and half the battle is won"
Andy Flower: There are 2 kinds of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the
others.
Martin Crowe: A flighted full toss on Leg stump by spinner. Any other will play this shot on leg
side by pull shot or glance or flick. But Sachin made a space and played a perfect cover drive for
four runs. Martin Crowe (New Zealand's ever best bats man) said the shot played on this ball is
only possible for GOD Of CRICKET "
Rudy Kortzen "I never get tired during umpiring whenever Sachin is on crease"
Sunny gavaskar This was after a wonderful century by Sachin (in England I guess in a test
match not sure)
Sunny: The other day i was just trying to think of a bowler who can go through Sachin's defenses
when Sachin is in total defense. I am sorry but i could not think of even one name who could do
that. If Sachin decides he doesnt want to give away his wicket, he wont be it any bowler in the
world. Cheers to Sachin...
Ponting : Ponting make comparisons between Sachin, Lara& Jayasuriya.
Sachin is the best ever batsman in the world. He is brilliant in his technique. He is always hungry
for runs. Sachin is better than Lara in his techniques & thats why he is No.1 among others. On
his day ,Lara will be more destructive. He is the only man 2 fight for West Indies. Jayasuriya
also played great knocks for his team. But compared 2 them Sachin is the BEST
Pradeep Mandhani ..a Photographer : Barely two hours after landing in Johannesburg on the
1992-93 tour to South Africa, the team was to visit Tolstoy Farm, Mahatma Gandhi's first
Satyagrahi Commune founded in 1910. It was situated 35 kms from Jo'burg and most of the
Indian players showed little interest, longing to rest in the hotel after the long flight. But
Tendulkar, still a teenager, looked keen and hungry to learn more about Gandhi. His volley of
questions to the guide reflected his national pride.
NKP Salve, former Union Minister This was when he was accused of ball tempering
Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear
discrimination.
Allan Donald : "In my several years of international cricket, Tendulkar remains the best batsman
I have ever bowled to. It's been a pleasure to bowl at the master batsman even though one hasn't
always emerged with credit from the engagements."
Allan Donald : "During our team meetings, we often speak about the importance of the first 12
balls to Tendulkar. If you get him then you can thank your stars, otherwise it could mean that
tough times lie ahead."
Saurav Ganguly: SACHIN MADE 9 CENTURIES IN ONE YEAR BUT MANY CRICKETER
DIDNOT MAKE 9 CENTURIES IN THEIR WHOLE CARRIER.
Ricky Ponting: Sachin is the most complete batsman I have seen. His technique is so good and
he has played well in all conditions. To have 41 one-day international tons shows what an
appetite he has for scoring runs.
Harsha Bhogle: There's no better sight on the cricket field than watch Tendulkar bat.
He's better than Ben Hur: Paul Wilson.

The pressure on me is nothing as compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd always
expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him: Mark Waugh.

I still think Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara: Glenn McGrath.

He is currently the best batsman in the world: Sir Gary Sobers.

There's no doubt about it. He is the best: Tony Grieg.

Destined to be a great: Barry Richards.

Wasim Akram: has predicted that Sachin Tendulkar will easily break all international batting records. "He has
everything a top batsman needs. Tendulkar is a classic example of a player being so good that his age is an irrelevance"
Akram says in his autobiography titled "Wasim". He also stated a number of examples when he and his team were
frustrated by Tendulkar's batting prowess.
Ted Dexter: (who chaired the panel, the Coopers & Lybrand award as the International Test player of the year) "This
year Tendulkar has been the batsman nobody wanted to bowl at. He took Shane Warne apart in India, which illustrates
his genius."
M. L. Jaisimha: "The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
Mike Selvey: "Tendulkar is the supreme right-hander on the planet, a focussed technician who offers a counterpoint to
Brian Lara's more eye-catching destruction."

Asif Iqbal: (after India won at Sharjah) "He has given a new dimension to batting. Such dominance can break the heart
of the best of bowlers. I was never tired of watching this wonderful batsman."

Shane Warne: Nothing affects Sachin, Brian lets things bother him.
Steve Waugh: In history Sachin will go down as second to Bradman.
Australian Media: "The most exciting batsman of his time because he finds the right balance between reason and
passion, technique and power, nerves and placement and judgement that applies to all tastes."
Sachin Tendulkar: "When I'm in the middle, the only thing that comes to mind is that I'm a batsman and the team
expects something from me and I should be able to live up to my teammates' expectations."
Ajay Jadeja: (after India entered the Coca-Cola cup final in Sharjah) "I can't dream of an innings like that. He exists
where we can't."
Mohinder Amarnath: "A complete batsman- he's the best in the business."
Prof. R. Shetty, Secretary MCA: "We are proud to possess him due to his commitment to Mumbai and Indian cricket."
Raj Singh, President Cricket Board: "I was very impressed the first time I saw him bat as a little boy at the Cricket
Club of India."
Lalchand Rajput, Former Mumbai captain: "Even as a teenager he always seemed very focused and alert on the
field. He learnt his lessons fast."

ROGER FEDERER
If he doesn't play very, very well and I play one of my best matches, I have a little bit of a chance [on his Masters
final appearance vs Roger Federer]- Rafael Nadal

Anybody that's playing Roger Federer right now is going to have a very hard time.- Greg Rusedski

He's playing with lots of confidence and no mistakes and holds his concentration all the time - Juan Carlos Ferrero

Roger Federer moves like a whisper and executes like a wrecking ball. It is simply impossible to explain how he
does what he does.- Nick Bollettieri

He is the greatest natural talent in tennis I've ever seen. I love to watch the guy play, he's an awesome talent- John
McEnroe

There's no such thing as an open draw. At least for me - I mean, obviously for Roger Federer, I think every draw
feels open for him - but for me there's no such thing as an open draw- Andy Roddick


"I am amazed, not only by the beauty of Roger's game, but also the consistency of his tournament wins. Even more
amazing is the fact that he seems to love what he is doing and he handles the pressure so well. Roger is a great
champion and ambassador for our sport." - John McEnroe, 2007
"Roger's got too many shots, too much talent in one body. It's hardly fair that one person can do all this - his
backhands, his forehands, volleys, serving, his court position ... the way he moves around the court, you feel like he's
barely touching the ground, and that's the sign of a great champion. And his anticipation, I guess, is the one thing
that we all admire."- Rod Laver, 2007
"Well, I think when I look at Roger, I mean, I'm a fan. I'm a fan of how he plays, what he's about he's a class guy
on and off the court. He's fun to watch. Just his athletic ability, what he's able to do on the run. I think he can and
will break every tennis record out there."- Pete Sampras, 2006
"He simply does not have any more weaknesses left in him. It is such a pleasure to see him play. To me, Roger
Federer is the right model for anyone aspiring to be a tennis player. It is such a pleasure to just watch him play. His
shot-making has got better and I doubt there is any shot he cannot make in any part of the courtAll records will
tumble when it comes to Roger. He is such a complete player that I do not see anyone getting better than him for a
long time from now."- Bjorn Borg to Gulf News in 2007

"Roger is a complete player. What he has -- and it's not luck -- is the ability to change his game slightly as to what
his opponent's doing to himHe's not known as a great aggressive player, but he's so good on the defense and so
good at the return of serve that he's forcing the other player, mentally, to get a little bit of scaredness. 'I've got to
serve a little better or Roger's going to knock it by me. ... I've got to make a better approach shot or he's going to pass
me.' He's getting errors because of the threat of his skills. That's why he's the champ."- Jack Kramer to the
Associated Press, 2004

"Roger is like a good red wine, he's getting better with age. I think his best years are ahead of him. I think his big
years will be when he is 26, 27, 28, as that is when he will be both mature and at his physical peak. I think he will
become a better player in many respects. Roger hasn't even started to use a lot of his game. It's a challenge for all
those trying to stop him. But they are playing against a man who will probably enter tennis history as the best ever.
That should be motivation enough."- Tony Roche to The Age, 2007
"[In the modern game], you're a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist or a hard court specialist ... or you're
Roger Federer." - Jimmy Connors to the BBC, 2006

"(Roger) has the potential to be the best ever. I wouldn't give it to him yet, but he is certainly on his way. I watch
him and Tiger [Woods]. I feel very fortunate to be watching two who will probably be the best of all times. They are
both phenomenal."- Ivan Lendl to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 2007

"I'd like to be in his shoes for one day to know what it feels like to play that way."- Mats Wilander to the Associated
Press, 2004
"There's probably not a department in his game that couldn't be considered the best in that department. You watch
him play Hewitt and everybody marvels at Hewitt's speed, as well as myself. And you start to realize, `Is it possible
Federer even moves better?' Then you watch him play Andy [Roddick], and you go, `Andy has a big forehand. Is it
possible Federer's forehand is the best in the game?' You watch him at the net, you watch him serve-volley
somebody that doesn't return so well and you put him up there with the best in every department. You see him play
from the ground against those that play from the ground for a living, and argue he does it better than anybody."
- Andre Agassi, 2005
"I've probably run out of adjectives to describe him on the court to talk about his excellence. He's just unbelievable."
- James Blake, 2006
"I really consider myself a top five player in the world, which it doesn't mean that I am close to Roger."
- Ivan Ljubicic, 2006
"He's a real person. He's not an enigma. Off the court he's not trying to be somebody. If you met him at McDonald's
and you didn't know who he was, you would have no idea that he's one of the best athletes in the world."
- Andy Roddick, 2005
"The metaphysical explanation is that Roger Federer is one of those rare, preternatural athletes who appear to be
exempt, at least in part, from certain physical laws. Good analogues here include Michael Jordan, who could not
only jump inhumanly high but actually hang there a beat or two longer than gravity allows, and Muhammad Ali,
who really could "float" across the canvas and land two or three jabs in the clock-time required for one. There are
probably a half-dozen other examples since 1960. And Federer is of this type - a type that one could call genius, or
mutant, or avatar. He is never hurried or off-balance. The approaching ball hangs, for him, a split-second longer than
it ought to. His movements are lithe rather than athletic. Like Ali, Jordan, Maradona, and Gretzky, he seems both
less and more substantial than the men he faces. Particularly in the all-white that Wimbledon enjoys getting away
with still requiring, he looks like what he may well (I think) be: a creature whose body is both flesh and, somehow,
light."- David Foster Wallace, New York Times Magazine, 2006
"I've heard comparisons between what Federer is doing and what Tiger Woods is doing these days. But, here's the
thing: Tiger doesn't do anything to you. Obviously, he's intimidating, but Tiger is playing the course, just like you.
But Federer is playing you. And when he takes away the thing you do best, it just cripples you. He does what it takes
to beat you, regardless of what kind of player you are." - Patrick McEnroe to the St. Petersburg Times, 2007
"On Sunday night at Rod Laver Arena, Roger Federer took my breath away. I was mesmerized by the audacity of his
stroke play. His sheer mastery of the art of tennis was pure genius and to bear witness was to evoke some sort of
spiritual experience that occurs only a handful of times in a lifetime - if you're lucky. To try to describe the way
Federer plays tennis is like trying to describe how Rudolf Nureyev danced or Jascha Heifetz played the violin.
Common words or images do none of them justice."- Gareth Andrews of The Age, 2007

"Yes, I really hit with him when he was 15, during a tournament in Basel, and I knew then he would be good, but not
this good. If he stays healthy, it will actually be a miracle if he doesn't win more Grand Slams than Pete [Sampras].
The way he picks his shots is unbelievable. He is fast, he has a great volley, a great serve, great backhand, great
everything. If I was his coach, what can I tell him? He is a magician with a racket. Even when he is playing badly,
which is rarely, he can still do things with his racket nobody else can do."- Goran Ivanisevic to The Independent,
2004

"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 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. He's probably the greatest player that ever lived. He can beat half the
guys with his eyes closed! - John McEnroe, 2004
"I've never enjoyed watching someone playing tennis as much as Federer. I'm just in awe. Pete Sampras was
wonderful but he relied so much on his serve, whereas Roger has it all, he's just so graceful, elegant and fluid-a
symphony in tennis whites. Roger can produce tennis shots that should be declared illegal."- Tracy Austin, 2004
"I'm a fan of his game, his temperament, the way he handles himself on and off the court. I do picture myself how I
would play him. Now that I'm sitting on my couch watching, I just kind of marvel at the things he's able to do. He's a
great mover, does great things off both sides of the court, can come in when he has to, and has a pretty big first
serve. He has the whole package. There's really nothing he can't do. I just love it. He just makes it look easy. He's
smooth, a great athlete."- Pete Sampras, 2007
"The best way to beat him would be to hit him over the head with a racquet. Roger could win the Grand Slam if he
keeps playing the way he is and, if he does that, it will equate to the two Grand Slams that I won because standards
are much higher these days."- Rod Laver, 2007

"He's probably the most talented person to ever carry a racquet around-the shots that he can come up with, the way
he's kind of become a totally complete player. But I think off the court, it's huge. There have been a lot of good
champions, but he's just classy. He is never high and mighty in the locker room or anything like that."
- Andy Roddick, 2005

"He hasn't changed a bit. He hasn't been arrogant in the locker room. He never is. That's great to see someone that
does it with class. He doesn't intentionally get in anyone's face. He doesn't put people down."
- James Blake, 2005
"You bring up tennis in this day and age and a lot of people roll their eyes, and they're not interested. But listen: if
you're not paying attention to this guy, if you appreciate sports, you have to take a moment to appreciate this guy. It's
like Tiger Woods. A lot of people are your meat-and-potatoes sports fans: I like football, I like basketball, I like
baseball. If you don't appreciate golf, that's fine. You don't have to watch it, and you don't have to pay attention to it,
but you have to appreciate the greatness of Tiger Woods. It's the same with tennis. You don't appreciate tennis? I'm
not telling you that you have to. But, if you don't give Roger Federer his due, then you're just missing the boat.
Roger Federer is the best player in any sport today, and it's not close. It's not close."...
- Mike Greenberg of ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning, 2006
"He's a great champion and has proved it all along that he plays his best tennis in finals. I think he's certainly on his
way (to breaking the all-time Grand Slam mark for men). When I look at Pete Sampras, we all thought, 'could you
get any better than Pete Sampras and his mark as being a great, great champion? I think Roger is really in the middle
of his career ... wait and see on Roger. He's a great player and has won a lot of grand slams and the way he's
compiling the grand slam titles, I think he's got a great chance of being the best ever."- Rod Laver, 2007
"What he's done in tennis, I think, is far greater than what I've done in golf. He's lost what ... five matches in three
years? That's pretty good." - Tiger Woods to the Associated Press on Roger Federer after Woods was told of his
selection as AP Athlete of the Year, 2006
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Oui, c'est moi [Yes, it's me].
o To the audience just after losing to Rafael Nadal in their 3rd successive French Open final (2008).
He's like a cat with seven lives...Nine lives? How many do they have? [Questioner: Nine.]. Yeah, I thought
so. Seven would have been easy.
o On Lleyton Hewitt after his semfinal win at Cincinnati Masters, 2007.
Previously I always thought it was just tactical and technique, but every match has become almost mental and
physicalI try to push myself to move well. I try to push myself not to get upset and stay positive, and that's
what my biggest improvement is over all those years. Under pressure I can see things very clear.
o Post match press conference after winning Dubai Open 2007.[1]
All four of those are on grass, whereas I have to play some on a hard court!
o Humorously explaining why it is more difficult for him to win all four grand slams in Tennis than it is
for Tiger Woods to win in Golf.[2]
It's just unreal, I'm shocked myself. I've played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed
somebody.
It's a match for him to forget and for me to remember.
o After defeating Andy Roddick in the Australian Open 2007 semi-final.[3]
It's great...being there till the end, seeing an empty locker room and a full stadium.
o On regularly reaching finals of many top tournaments.[4]
Because people sometimes miss it, and sometimes they don't have it, they want it. And when they have it,
they don't want it.
o On rivalries (while referring to his rivalry with Rafael Nadal).[5]
I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
[1]

Oh, I wish my cow was here to see this. (after a great point against Andr Agassi,(Rally For Relief, 2005)
referring to the cow he was given after winning Wimbledon 2003.
It's nice to be important, but it's most important to be nice. (when he was asked about his popularity after
winning Wimbledon 2007)
About Roger Federer
For me Roger is the greatest player ever who played the tennis game. Its always good to see him play and
win and we are going to see so much more of Federer in the future, he is going to win more grand slam
tournaments.
o Bjorn Borg, after Federer winning 2009 French Open Final[6]
Its a combination of how many grand slams have you won, how many tournaments have you won, how
many years you were number one and hes got all those combinations. The body of work is phenomenal and
now he has got that French Open and I think he can just go on and sip Margaritas for the rest of his life.
o Martina Navratilova, winner of 18 Grand Slams[7]
What hes done over the past five years has never, ever been doneand probably will never, ever happen
again. Regardless if he won there or not, he goes down as the greatest ever. This just confirms it. Now that he
has won in Paris, I think it just more solidifies his place in history as the greatest player that played the game,
in my opinion. Im a huge Laver fan, and he had a few years in there where he didnt have an opportunity to
win majors. But you cant compare the eras. And in this era, the competition is much more fierce than Rods.
o Pete Sampras, after Federer winning 2009 French Open Final[8]
His win today at the French Open, tying Pete Samprass record for major titles and the completion of a career
grand slam firmly places him in a special place as the greatest player of all time. He has earned his place and
he has proven he belongs. Roger is a champion for the ages.
o Billie Jean King, after Federer winning 2009 French Open Final[9]
I never played anyone playing that fast. He doesnt have any weaknesses at all. He really deserves to be
called the best player of all time.
o Robin Soderling, after losing 2009 French Open Final to Federer[10]
Roger Federer will undoubtedly become the greatest tennis player to have graced the sport if he wins the
French Open. It ends the discussion of where he fits in the history of the game. If it wasn't for (four-times
champion Rafael) Nadal, he probably would have won a handful of these things. So nobody would
underestimate where he deserves to fit in this game. He's extraordinarily talented and talk about grace on
court, watching him play is something special to see and if he does it tomorrow, he'll know what an
accomplishment it was.
o Andre Agassi, the day before Federer winning 2009 French Open Final[11]
Hes the most complete tennis player in the history of tennis, thats for sure. With all due respects to (Andre)
Agassi and (Pete) Sampras and the rest of the gang. But I never felt so uncomfortable against any of the
players before.
o Marat Safin, after losing 2009 Australian Open 3rd Round to Federer
I had a great tournament but I came up against, in my opinion, the best player ever to play the game today.
o Andy Murray, after losing 2008 US Open Final to Federer
You guys are brutal. Absolutely brutal. The guy has only made two Grand Slam finals this year. I would love
his bad year. I would love it.
o Andy Roddick, to the press, on what he made of (new) world number two- Roger Federer's poor
season (poor by Roger's standards!); US Open 2008- Day 7 quotes [12]
For me, in my prime, I felt unbeatable. In Roger's days, he's unbeatable. It's really hard to put one guy over
the other. Having said that, I think Roger is dominating the game much more than I ever did. I think he's
going to go on and pass 14 and win 16, 17, 18 majors. I think he's going to break all records.
o Pete Sampras, before playing his third exhibition match with Roger Federer, Macau, China, Nov. 23,
2007. [13]
I had a taste of what the best is tonight and I think Roger has that extra gear. He has good volleys and he has
this little backhand flick that honestly, I have never seen before... its something that I didnt have. I am
happy with my performance tonight. I hung in there right until the end.
o Pete Sampras, after playing his second exhibition match with Roger Federer, Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 22,
2007. [14]
If he is playing very good, I have to play unbelievable. If not, its impossible, especially if hes playing with
good confidence. When hes 100 percent, hes playing in another league. Its impossible to stop him. I fight. I
fight. I fight. Nothing to say. Just congratulate him.
o Rafael Nadal, after losing to Federer in the Shanghai Masters Cup semifinal, Nov. 17, 2007. [15] [16]
I played unbelievable, and if it was not Roger Federer on the other side of the net I would have won, 400 per
cent.
o Tomas Berdych, No. 10 in the world, Davis Cup tie, Sept. 23, 2007
He's an artist on this surface. He can stay back. He can come in. No weaknesses. Federer could win
Wimbledon six, seven, eight times. He can play on any kind of surface, he is so complete. And if he
continues the way he has been doing and stays away from injuries and still has the motivation, he will be the
greatest player ever. I think the motivation is the key thing and he has the motivation to continue to play for
another three or five years.
o Bjorn Borg, winner of 11 Grand Slams, at Wimbledon 2007.
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 playersthe Samprases, Beckers, Connors', Borgs, you name it.
This guy could be the greatest of all time. That, to me, says it all.
o John McEnroe, winner of 7 Grand Slams.[17]
He's probably the greatest player that ever lived.
o John McEnroe, BBC Wimbledon 2006 live broadcast.
He can beat half the guys with his eyes closed!
o John McEnroe, BBC Wimbledon 2006 live broadcast.
If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I
wish I could play like him.
o John McEnroe.
Federer is the best player in history, no other player has ever had such quality.
o Rafael Nadal, after winning French Open 2006.[18]
I don't see anyone with a big enough weapon to hurt him. They're just staying back and Roger is able to
dictate well enough. You just have to serve well and attack him.
o Pete Sampras.[21]
Oh, I would be honoured to even be compared to Roger. He is such an unbelievable talent, and is capable of
anything. Roger could be the greatest tennis player of all time.
o Rod Laver, winner of 11 Grand Slams, considered by some the greatest player to ever play the game
of tennis.[23]
The best way to beat him would be to hit him over the head with a racquet. Roger could win the Grand Slam
if he keeps playing the way he is and, if he does that, it will equate to the two Grand Slams that I won
because standards are much higher these days.
o Rod Laver, speaking ahead of the 2007 Australian Open final against Fernando Gonzalez.[25]
He's the best I've ever played against. There's nowhere to go. There's nothing to do except hit fairways, hit
greens and make putts. Every shot has that sort of urgency on it. I've played a lot of them (other players), so
many years, there's a safety zone, there's a place to get to, there's something to focus on, there's a way.
Anything you try to do, he potentially has an answer for and it's just a function of when he starts pulling the
triggers necessary to get you to change to that decision.
o Andre Agassi, at US Open 2005.[26]
He hits that short chip, moves you forward, moves you back. He uses your pace against you. If you take pace
off, so that he can't use your pace, he can step around and hurt you with the forehand. Just the amount of
options he has to get around any particular stage of the match where maybe something's out of sync is
seems to be endless. His success out there is just a mere reflection of all the things that he can do.
o Andre Agassi, at US Open 2005.[27]
I think there'she's the main guy and then there's probably four or five of us that areI don't know. Maybe
we need to do just a tag team effort or something, join forces, you know, like Power Rangers or something.
o Andy Roddick, after losing to Roger Federer at the final of Cincinnati 2005.[30]
He's probably the most talented person to ever carry a racquet aroundthe shots that he can come up with,
the way he's kind of become a totally complete player. But I think off the court, it's huge. There have been a
lot of good champions, but he's just classy. He is never high and mighty in the locker room or anything like
that. - Andy Roddick.
Roger is at the top, and he's the only person at the top, regardless of how much people want to make rivalry
comparisons and this, that and the other. He's the best player in the game. There's no question in my mind.
o Andy Roddick, after losing to Federer in the Final of 2006 US Open.
He is on his way to becoming possibly the greatest of all time. But he's still human.
o James Blake, before he faced Federer in the Quarterfinal at the US Open 2006.[33]
He put tennis, the bar very highvery high. It's incredible what kind of game he can play.
o Marat Safin, at Australian Open 2005.[34]
We have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game a way I haven't seen anyoneand I mean
anyoneplay before. How fortunate we are to be able to see that. If he stays healthy and motivatedand the
wonderful feel he has stays with himhe is the kind of guy who can overtake the greatest.
o Boris Becker, winner of 6 Grand Slams.
Roger Federer is the most talented tennis player I have ever seen. He has the capacity to become the greatest
in history. - Nick Bollettieri.[36]
Roger Federer is the only guy I watch for his strokes. He is just beautiful. He can hit every single shot you
could ever think of. John [McEnroe] and Ilie [Nastase] were very talented but you always knew there were
some shots they couldn't hit. Not with Federer. I would go and watch him practice, he's so good.
o Ivan Lendl, winner of 8 Grand Slams.
Roger is a complete player. What he has, and it's not luck, is the ability to change his game slightly as to what
his opponent's doing to him.
o Jack Kramer, an all-time great of the game.[37]
I thought Ellsworth Vines and Don Budge were pretty good. And Gonzalez and Hoad could play a bit, too,
but I have never seen anyone play the game better than Federer. He serves well and has a great half-volley.
I've never known anyone who can do as many things on a court as he can. - Jack Kramer [38]
He's the best player I've ever played against, full stop ... and he was just too good today.
o Tim Henman, after losing in the 2nd round of Wimbledon 2006 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.
I'm not sure if he has any weakness in his repertoir.
o Jonas Bjorkman, after losing in the semifinal of Wimbledon 2006 6-2, 6-0, 6-2.[39]
Maybe Roger Federer will rescue tennis. He plays like we did in the past.
o Ilie Nastase, first ever World No.1 when rankings were introduced in 1973.[40]
He is capable of hitting shots which other players don't even think about trying. He has so many skills.
o Ivan Lendl, on the 25 Birthday Party of Federer in Toronto.[41]
Maybe I could win more championships and prize money if Federer was not in the same age with me, but
you have to know that there is something money cannot buythat's playing against Federer.
o Ivan Ljubicic.[42]
He is the best man in the game, on and off the court, and he has a great personality. I enjoy so much having
opportunities to compete against him. - Ivan Ljubicic.[43]
I am so proud to have him around. It is very pity that I am not able to play with Pete Sampras, but it's OK, I
can see Federer on the tour. I could tell my grandson someday that I have competed against the greatest
player on the planet. - Ivan Ljubicic.[44]
Today I was playing my best tennis, trying lots of different things, but nothing worked. When you're playing
like that and he still comes up with all those great shots you really have to wonder if he's even from the same
planet. - Novak Djokovic, after Davis Cup match.[45]
Roger hasn't even started to use a lot of his game. -Tony Roche, former coach of Roger Federer.[47]
He's Roger. What can you say? -Mario Ancic after their quarter final at Wimbledon 2006.
Just about everything he does is pretty impressive. So, yeah, 50 titles at any age is impressive. 50 titles at 26
is incredible. 50 titles with 11 of them being Grand Slams, and I think now 14 being Masters Series, that's
just phenomenal.
I dont think so. I mean if you ask the top 200 players, 199 are going to say its Roger. The only one who will
not say is Roger himself. He is too nice to say such things.
o James Blake after their final in Cincinnati 2007, when Federer won his 50th title in the ATP circuit.
He's not just number one, he's the best in history. He has 12 Grand Slams and I'm sure he'll get the record
(14). He can do it all. He serves very well, he has a very good forehand and backhand. He has no weak
points. - David Ferrer after his loss in Shanghai 2007
"Sorry Pete, I tried to hold him off," Andy Roddick to Sampras.
I've got a few quotes from Roger Federer which I found amusing! They are from through out his career!

Interviewer: "After you had won Wimbledon, you were given a cow called Juliette when you returned to
Switzerland. Is there another Juliette waiting for you?"
Federer: "I hope not. By the way Juliette is expecting a calf."
Interviewer: "Congratulations!"
Federer: "Thanks, but Im not the father."

Asked what it feels like to be the World No. 1, Roger jokingly replied:

"It's great. Everybody suddenly rates my good strokes as outstanding, and my poorer strokes as almost outstanding."

After the match against Ferrero at AO:

Mac: How do you manage to keep to cool and calm?

Rogi: Actually I don't, I just have a good poker face but inside I'm nervous.

Mac: Do you think you play with a lot of confidence and think you can hit winners from anywhere in the court?

Rogi: Well, No.1's have to be confident so yeah, I think I am. (smiling)

ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I remember this one time when I went on a vacation on the Maldives. That was in the
year 2001, I think. I went to this spa. I went to walk around with my girlfriend. I walk in, and we want to book a spa.
This guy goes, "AHH, I remember you. You beat Sampras. I saw you on TV." That was like, really, how can you
remember me? This guy has probably never been off his island and still knows me. I was a little bit shocked. Then I
went to play tennis with him because he was actually the tennis teacher. It was nice.

Q. Were you naked at the time in the spa?

ROGER FEDERER: No. It was at the front desk. I didn't walk in naked.

A good and very perceptive quote from Federer, that last one... people do tend to fete to the skies some of the weaker
elements of his game.

Ah, Martin is always good quote value. At last year's US Open a reporter observed after one of his early matches,
"It's fair to say you've been contemplating retirement", to which he responded drily "If you say it is", and then when
another journalist mentioned that he was one of the oldest players in the draw he replied "I'm younger than you,
though."

After Federer's win over Tim Henman:

Q. How are you going to celebrate this?
ROGER FEDERER: What shall I do? Start dancing (laughter)?
"As good as anybody not named Roger."-- Andy Roddick on his chances at the US Open.
"The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court and myself"
"I wouldn't want to go to a sports psychiatrist, because when you're finished, you come out more crazy than you go
in."
"I still break rackets, but now I do it in a positive way."
"My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour."
"I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop."
"Today's players, they do not know how. If you are going to throw it, you break it. You have to show commitment."
(on throwing rackets)
"He might be the reigning champion, but I'm the undefeated champion." Talking about facing 2002 Wimbledon
Champion Lleyton Hewitt. Ivanievi, the 2001 Wimbledon Champion, did not play Wimbledon in 2002 due to
injury.
Source(s): Goran Ivanisevic Quotes
"He deserves everything he gets. Andy Roddick
He's got everything. He's a legend. Now he's an icon. He's got 15 majorsthat's a lot of majors. That's a lot of
work. Pete Sampras
The Greatest? I have to give it to him. The critics say Laver, and Nadal's beaten him a few times, but in my book he
is. Sampras
Its uncannyhes never out of place.Tennis legend Rod Laver
The game needs himlets hope he has the same drive that Sampras had for so long.Hall of Famer Jack
Kramer

Hes creating every point as it should be.Former Swiss Davis Cup coach Jakob Hlasek
This is a guy who buys drinks for photographers and thanks reporters who show up for his press conferences.
Sportswriter Rene Stauffer
Roger has this natural instinct for getting betterand he did. I find that incredible. I always had someone to tell me
if something was wrong. He just feels it.Swiss star Martina Hingis
He stays back better than me, his backhand is better, and his forehand is just as good.All-time great Pete
Sampras
For the next four or five years, his competition will be the record books.Sampras
Roger is the best player in the world.Sampras
Hes a really great guy. He respects people.Doubles partner Jonas Bjorkman
His shot-making is second to none.Australian star Lleyton Hewitt
I wish I could play like Roger Federer.Superstar Serena WIlliams
Tennis has never seen anything quite like him.Sportswriter S.L. Price
In this age of nuclear equipment and super-sized players, Federer plays with the deftness of long-ago men of
modest size in long white slacks, rolled-up shirtsleeves and wooden rackets.Sportswriter George Vecsey
"Rogers forehand is the greatest shot in our sport."McEnroe
This guy is the real deal, and his game is the whole package.Broadcaster Patrick McEnroe
He can hit from anywhere on the court and plays with elegance.McEnroe
You can talk to Roger like a simple man on the street.Swiss tennis official Roger Brennwald

Roger is a magician.Russian star Marat Safin
Hes young and explosive and has a powerful game.All-time great Andre Agassi
Hes a genius.2004 French Open Champion Gaston Gaudio
A little strange to be posting these in the context of this year, but a fan from RF.com gave me a good belly laugh
with these so I thought Id share.
1. Roger Federer is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his forehand and
backhand respectively.
2. If paper beats rock, rock beats scissors, and scissors beats paper, what beats all 3 at the same time? Answer:
Roger Federer.
3. If, by some incredible space-time paradox, Roger Federer would ever play himself in a best of 5 set match at
Wimbledon, hed win. Period.
4. Roger Federer is not capable of hitting a target on the broad side of a barn with his forehand. Every time he tries,
the whole damn barn falls down.
5. Roger Federer is the only man to ever defeat a brick wall in a game of tennis.
6. When Roger Federer sends in his tax return, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, ready to
hit a forehand. Roger Federer has not had to pay taxes, ever.
7. Someone once tried to tell Roger Federer that his forehand wasnt the best shot in the history of tennis. This has
been recorded by historians as the worst mistake anyone has ever made.
8. There are no steroids in tennis, just players Roger Federer has breathed on.
9. If tapped, the power generated by a Roger Federer forehand could power the country of Switzerland for 44
minutes.
10. The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed unless it meets
Roger Federer on the tennis court.
11. Roger Federer is so fast, he can run around the world and still hit his own forehand back to himself.
12. Roger Federers forehand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.
13. Scientists have estimated that the energy given off during the Big Bang is roughly equal to 1RFF (Roger Federer
Forehand)
14. Newtons Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,
there is no force equal in reaction to a Roger Federer forehand.
15. The other night in Times Square, Roger Federer ordered a Big Mac at Burger King. He got one.
16. It is scientifically impossible for Roger Federer to have had a mortal father. The most popular theory is that he
went back in time and fathered himself.
17. Theres an order to the universe: (1) space, (2) time, (3) Roger Federer. Heh-heh. Just kidding. Roger Federer
is first.
18. The air around Roger Federer is always a balmy 78 degrees.
19. Roger Federer can get Blackjack with just one card.
20. Bigfoot takes pictures of Roger Federer.
21. Roger Federer once hit a forehand so hard that the tennis ball broke the speed of light, went back in time, and
struck Amelia Earharts plane while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean. Mystery solved.
22. Roger Federer doesnt churn butter. He hits forehands at the cows and the butter comes straight out.
23. Faster than a speeding bullet more powerful than a locomotive able to leap tall buildings in a single
bound yes, these are some of Roger Federers warm-up exercises.
24. Superman once watched a replay of the 2005 Wimbledon Final. He then cried himself to sleep.
25. As President Roosevelt once said: We have nothing to fear but fear itself. And playing Roger Federer.
26. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. He who lives by Roger Federer, dies by the forehand.
27. There are two types of people in the world people that suck, and Roger Federer.
28. Im not saying Roger Federers speed is underrated, but he once qualified with a top speed of 324 mph at the
Daytona 500. Without a car.
29. Roger Federer doesnt daydream. Hes too busy giving the other ATP players nightmares.
30. Roger Federer is not Politically Correct. He is just Correct. Always.
31. Roger Federer isnt afraid of Urban Legends. He IS an Urban Legend.
32. One night, Andy Roddick dreamed he beat Roger Federer in straight sets to win Wimbledon. The next morning
he called Roger Federer up to apologize.
33. Roger Federer once played 18 holes of golf using a 12 inch strip of rebar and a sun dried tomato. He shot a 54.
34. On the Asian market, Roger Federer urine is worth $400 per fluid ounce.
35. Roger Federer once jumped off the Empire State Building. He sprained his ankle. It was a mild sprain.
36. The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Even the worst-laid plans of Roger Federer come off
without a hitch.
37. When you say no ones perfect, Roger Federer takes this as a personal insult.
38. The Manhattan Project was not intended to create nuclear weapons, it was meant to recreate the destructive
power in a Roger Federer forehand. They didnt even come close.
39. There are now five cup sizes at Starbucks: Short, Tall, Grande, Venti, and Roger Federer.
40. Roger Federer can hold his breath for nine years.
41. Roger Federer invented a language thats composed of forehands and backhands. So the next time Roger
Federer is kicking your butt, dont be offended or hurt, he may be just trying to tell you he likes your hat.
42. Superman only has two weaknesses. The first is Kryptonite. And the second, Roger Federers forehand.
43. The sound of Roger Federer missing a forehand can cure cancer. Too bad hes never missed.
44. Roger Federer can divide by zero with his slice. The result? Pain.
45. Mr. T pities everyone except Roger Federer
46. What happens when you go faster than the speed of light? Scientists theorize that you may catch up to a Roger
Federer forehand.
47. Its rumored that Rod Laver has a poster of Roger Federer over HIS bed.
48. If you Google search Roger Federer getting his a** kicked on a tennis court you will generate zero results. It
just doesnt happen.
49. Roger Federer went bowling once. He was only able to bowl one frame. He knocked down one pin after hitting
the bowling ball (forehand) with his tennis racquet. The other nine pins fainted. His ball refused to come back
through the return machine. Now thats intimidation.
50. Roger Federer once shot down a fighter plane. He did so by pantomiming a forehand and yelling, Bang!
51. The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until a Roger Federer forehand knocked one of the
corners off.
52. Fear is not the only emotion Roger Federer can detect. He can also detect hope, as in I hope I dont have to play
Roger Federer.
53. Roger Federer can hold serve at love. He can do so only serving three times.
54. Love does not hurt. Playing Roger Federer does.
55. The moon is actually a comet that was once on course to hit Earth then a Roger Federer forehand knocked it
into orbit.
56. Roger Federers smile once brought a puppy back to life.
57. The Hubble Space Telescope was misaligned off the bounce of a Roger Federer kickserve.
58. When Roger Federer plays tennis, he only hits with 1% of his full power. At 2%, the ball would explode on
impact with his racquet. At 3%, people die. At 100% Chuck Norris would lose all 6 testicles.
59. A forehand delivered by Roger Federer is the preferred method of execution in 17 states and 3 countries.
60. Every time Roger Federer drills a forehand, he finds oil.
61. When Ivan Lendl hits you with his forehand, you get knocked down. When Roger Federer hits you with his
forehand, you actually wont get knocked down but as you look down at your chest, you will notice a hole the size
of a tennis ball.
62. Nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole, except Roger Federer. Roger Federer can serve and volley out of
anything.
63. Every time you return a forehand from Roger Federer, you lose one full year of life expectancy.
64. Contrary to popular belief, hurricanes are not caused by heat energy from the ocean, but by Roger Federer
practicing his strokes.
65. The events that were portrayed in the movie Armageddon were fictional. What really happened was Roger
Federer hit the asteroid away with his topspin forehand to save the world.
66. Bush and Blair had it all wrong when they attacked Iraq. Roger Federer has all the weapons of mass destruction.
67. Billions upon billions of US Dollars were spent on the development of an anti-ballistic missile defense shield
when all they needed was Roger Federer.
68. Roger Federer is so ice-cold that when he eats ice cream, his body temperature rises.
69. Roger Federer hits a forehand so clean you can eat off of it.
70. Since 1981, the year Roger Federer was born, topspin forehand related deaths have increased 13,000%.
71. Roger Federer went back in time to stop the JFK assassination by using his faster than light forehand. As
Oswald shot, Federer volleyed all three bullets away. JFKs head exploded out of sheer amazement.
72. Darth Sideous could never turn Roger Federer to the Darkside. Roger Federer is just too good.
73. When Roger Federer is really short on time for lunch, he usually orders pizza. He can always get his slices in.
74. McDonalds has served billions and billions. Roger Federer can out-serve McDonalds.
75. In war, nobody wins unless youre Roger Federer on any given Sunday.
76. The saddest part of an ATP pros life is not when he learns that Santa isnt real, but when he finds out Roger
Federer is.
77.It was once thought that Roger Federer lost a match to an ATP pro, but that was a rumor created by Roger
Federer to lure more ATP pros to him
78. If John McEnroe and Rod Laver were to play each other in their primes, you know who would win? Roger
Federer. Playing left-handed.
79. Roger Federer invented the drop shot.
80. Icy-Hot is too weak for Roger Federer. After a workout, he sprays himself with liquid nitrogen. He waits a few
moments and then rubs his muscles with liquid-hot magma.
81. Whenever you see a great shot during a tennis match not involving Roger Federer, just remember this. Federer
could have hit it even better.
82. Roger Federer doesnt do push-ups. He pushes the world down.
83. If youre an ATP player, the only sure things in life are death, taxes, and that youll lose to Roger Federer.
84. Most people fear the Reaper. Roger Federer considers him a promising junior player.
85. There are only two things that can cut diamonds: other diamonds; and a Roger Federer forehand.
86. President Teddy Roosevelt once rode his horse 100 miles. A Roger Federer forehand once propelled a
clydesdale twice that distance.
87. I acknowledge that there might be two perfect beings in existence. I know about Roger Federer and I believe in
the possibility of God.
88. Aliens DO indeed exist. Its just that they play tennis, and know better than to visit a planet that Roger Federer is
on.
89. Roger Federer CAN in fact raise the roof. And he can do it with one forehand.
90. When Federer hits a hard forehand, it is not Federer groaning. It is the earth groaning.
91. Federer once hit a shot so beautiful everyone on the planet orgasmed at once.
92. When playing a tournament in the U.S., Roger Federer must register his serve and groundstrokes as lethal
weapons.
93. Roger Federers at rest heart rate was recently measured at 52 beats. . .per day.
"Compared with British tennis, Mars appears brimming with life"- The Guardian.
- Today I smash rackets for tomorrow we die, by Safin.

- Theres nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things, by Safin.

- During a phone interview:

Safin: Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe, I cant hear you.
Valentines Day was created by women to get men in trouble.- Andy Roddick
Umpire: If the machine beeps, what can I do?
Andy: Switch it off and use your brain!
I could tell you, but Id have to kill you. (Serena Williams to courtside interviewer who wanted to know the content
of the notes she reads at changeovers)
Not yet. Its my first day on the job. Give me some time. (Marat Safin, on not breaking a racket during his first
match of 2002)
If Petes child is a girl, my son will like her; if hes a boy, my son will defeat him. (Andre Agassi)
Theyve lost my page. Somebody ripped it out. But Im the main sponsor for the tour! Im the guy who paid the most
fines, so they should give me respect. There should be a page saying This is the guy who paid the most fines. I
dont exist now. Im a ghost, so I can do whatever I want. (Goran Ivanisevic, on being left out of the 2004 ATP
Player Guide)
* "Do you expect me to smile like an idiot on court? Nobody likes to lose, and I can't be relaxed when I see on the
scoreboard that I'm losing and making stupid mistakes. That's just the way I am." Safin following a first round loss to
M.Mirnyi 2001.
* "We just talked about an agreement, man to man. But we didn't speak about business yet...He thinks in Swedish, I
think in Russian and we speak in English. It's tough. But I hope it's going to be OK. I need a coach. I need to start
with somebody who can travel for a longtime. I don't need any more guys for 2 weeks." Safin on working with
M.Wilander. 2001.
* "I pay the bills, I pay for everything."-Marat Safin, who recently won the ASAP Sports Most Quotable Player of
the year, on how he intends to keep new coach Mats Wilander happy.
One silly reporter asked what the difference was between him and Anna Kournikova (I guess he was getting at the
sex symbol aspect, dunno) ... Marat looked disgusted and said "She is woman ... I am man".
* "Of course!" he blurts out, when asked if he considers himself a ladies' man. "I'm not gay! Find me one normal guy
who doesn't like women's company. I think it's good. It's natural. You cannot fight against nature, right?"
Rev David Shepherd."Sachin Tendulkar! If he isn't the best player in the world, I want to see
the best player in the world".
A complete batsman he's the best in the business: Mohinder Amarnath.

When it comes to judging the best among these fabulous band of batsmen, my vote goes to
Tendulkar. He has an uncanny ability to come out on top under different circumstances and
under different conditions, whether it is Test cricket or one-day internationals. And more
importantly, he has done this so young: Shane Warne.

It's scary, where the hell do we bowl to him: Allan Border.

Yeah mate, but that's with all great players: Ian Chappell.

Imagine what he'll be like when he's 28: Allan Border.

We are in the sixteenth of January man. I dont know if I will be alive tomorrow. Dont ask me
whats going to be in September, Safin once said.
Sachin is the most complete batsman I have seen. His technique is so good and he has played
well in all conditions. The number of innings of his I have been able to sit back and watch, I
think he is an amazing player. Look at his stats and records and its quite incredible for someone
* "I am not a singer or a rock star. Tennis is Tennis. If you want to see a clown, go to a circus."
* "Shallow Hal. That was the worst film I ever saw. Terrible, horrible, disgusting movie. I think the director never
watched it after he finished filming. Stupid movie."
* Webchat at Indian Wells 2001
gabrielle: MARAT: Do you find it hard to be a star? Do people recognize you in the street?
Marat_Safin: the stars are only in the sky
* [during a web chat]
Girl "Say something to me Marat!!"
Marat " Something."
* Last week he was asked if he had designs on emulating Kournikova and emigrating soon to the U.S. "Oh, so you
want me to kill myself?" responded Safin, who recently bought an apartment in Monte Carlo. "They don't even let
me drink beer in this country."

* "Then there's the matter of that coaching vacancy. "I can't understand it," Safin says with mock earnestness. "You
get to spend 24 hours a day around me. That should be hard to resist, shouldn't it?"



to have stayed in the game for 20 years. He has set benchmarks for guys like me to chase him
and get as close as we can. If I had to last 20 years, I would probably be batting in a wheelchair.
Ricky Ponting

What do you think you have to do against Roger when he plays like that?
LLEYTON HEWITT: Yeah, I'm not sure right at the moment. If I knew, I would still be out
there.
If you play against Federer, who will be the favorite of the match?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: I hope Federer.
Q. Why?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Maybe because he beat Hewitt today, and like say he won already a
few times Australian Open. He's No. 1. I'm No. 6. Why I need to be favorite if I'm not No. 1?
In your head is Federer still the favorite?
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Maybe. Yes, yes. Like he always for me favorite. But in the court, I
try already change my mind.
Jim Courier is interviewing you on the court. That didn't happen in years past. This room
is full.
NIKOLAY DAVYDENKO: Yeah. That's was surprising. Why you guys here? (Laughter.) Just I
don't know what has change. Why you come now and you asking me some private questions? I
don't know. It's you. You need to ask yourself why you come here.
Q. Do you have any advice for him?
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA: Advice? Be ready to run maybe (smiling).
But on Friday night, Tsonga comes up against the tennis worlds definition of success, Roger
Federer. We know Federer is synonymous with the best; he is everything young tennis stars
dream of becoming and grown men, like Tsonga, respect. Federer, on the other hand, is yet to
play a five-set match this tournament. Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko did their best, but
four sets were all they could manage. , Tsonga was again no match for Federer in the third set, as
the Swiss again took control early with a service break in the third game. A member of the crowd
humorously summed up the feeling in the stadium when he yelled, Give him a chance, Roger!
Hit for Haiti:
John McEnroe made almost the same observation in 2005. Roger cares about tennis. He
embraces the responsibility of being ranked No. 1 in the world, he told Newsday.

Ok, get back to the court. I know Kim was a better partner for you. As for you, Roger, try being
a little more humane to us, said Novak, while the crowd laughed.

"Did you really call a foot fault on me in a charity match?" Roddick reprimanded a line judge.

"You realize Serena's over there, right?" The camera panned to Williams sitting on the sidelines
shaking her head and laughing, as the packed 15,000-seat stadium erupted in laughter.

Djokovic displayed his powerful serve, acing Williams on one point and prompting her to
comment: "You look really good acing girls."

Later, Nadal smashed a winner at Williams' feet, evoking a piercing shriek from the world's No.
1-ranked women's player.
"Don't scare me like that Rafa," she said, drawing support from teammate Federer who assured
her, "I'll get him back."