Federer on importance of self-confidence: "If you ignore your weaknesses, if you take yourself for the best, you will be punished"
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Roger Federer is often spoken about in terms of him going towards the end of his career but in a recent interview he revealed he doesn't think like that.
Federer said that he lives in the present and it pushes him along to play even better and motivate himself while also knowing his strengths and weaknesses.
The Swiss legend also admitted it is important in his opinion to maintain a good self-confidence.
“I don't want to chase it away,” Federer said to the Tribune de Geneve. “This thought is part of the process, of my present life.
It is real. It also has the function of arousing other feelings. Thanks to it, I feel, for example, gratitude for everything I have experienced. It also motivates me, pushes me to imagine how to save myself or reinvent myself to stay even longer on the circuit.
And then it’s good for me to move on with my fears. A tennis player must know his strengths and weaknesses. If you ignore your weaknesses, if you take yourself for the best, you will be punished. It’s very important to develop a healthy self-confidence.
Confidence is based on good self-knowledge. As a player and as a person. Weaknesses are part of the picture.

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