Roger Federer certainly is my claim to be the best of all time - if there is such a thing. With Rafael Nadal not far behind. Rod Laver More Quotes by Rod Laver More Quotes From Rod Laver I competed hard in the heat of the battle, and there were a few occasions where I played my best in the top matches. As for the best ever? I don't think so. Rod Laver best think hard battle Camaraderie builds. We travelled together to Rome, Paris, Wimbledon, the U.S., lots of places. In a way, I miss it right now. My opponents were also my best friends. Rod Laver best friends together way When Hoad and Rosewall were at their best, and I was a youngster, they had no qualms about saying, 'Hey kid, let's go and play.' That helped me to get up the ladder. Rod Laver saying best me play Each match is a huge effort from a physical point of view. You can only hit so many balls before your elbow or some part of your body is going to say, 'Hey, don't do that to me.' Rod Laver view me you effort Looking back, in comparison, there wasn't that much that you could do with a wooden racket. In my day, the matches were certainly much less demanding physically. Rod Laver looking day you looking-back I'm usually pretty good in the garden. Rod Laver pretty-good pretty good garden I don't want to get blase about being recognised. It's pretty amazing. Rod Laver pretty amazing being want Tennis was a big part of my life from as far back as I can remember. Rod Laver my-life i-can remember life Right through school, I was a handy cricketer, a batsman and a left-arm spinner who bowled leg breaks. Rod Laver right through who school It occurred to me that it would benefit me to play without emotion - well, without emotion others could see, anyway. Card players profited from having a poker face so opponents wouldn't know how good or bad their hand was, and I figured a deadpan expression would work in tennis, too. Rod Laver face good me work Players who win on a clay surface are those who can control the ball, playing steadily and accurately from the back-court, keeping the ball in play and moving it around with changes of speed and spin, and resisting the temptation to over-hit. Rod Laver control win speed moving Funny thing about the volatile and biased French crowds. While they'd prefer to be cheering a countryman and giving his foreign opponent merry hell, if there was no Frenchman in the game, they'd always support a Continental player over an Englishman, an American, or an Australian. Rod Laver game hell support funny I never said I was going for a Grand Slam; that’s pressure right there. And Djokovic, I think he wants to talk about it, and so that could be a detriment, if there is one, he knows all the players, so there shouldn’t be any problem with (that). ... I think pressure is the one thing Djokovic may find himself having problems (with). Maybe he’s not feeling well. There’s lots of things that can go wrong. Rod Laver It really doesn’t worry me, when Don Budge won it in 1938, and I did it in ’62, he says: ‘We’re in a special club here. There’s only two of us in it.’. Rod Laver He doesn’t have a big serve or a big forehand or backhand, but all of them are good. That’s one of the things he can rely on, if one isn’t working as good as it should be, then he’s got something else to lean on. Rod Laver
