Oh my, I think this will send some folks straight into the Ruins 
Roger Federer declared the main reasons for his success were "grit" and hard graft as he rejected the theory his tennis game was "effortless".
The 42-year-old then went on to deliver three "tennis lessons" he had "relied on through this transition", which he identified as:
- "Effortless" is a myth
- It's only a point
- Life is bigger than the court
"People would say my play was effortless. Most of the time, they meant it as a compliment," he said in Sunday's ceremony. "But it used to frustrate me when they would say, 'He barely broke a sweat', or, 'Is he even trying?'.
"The truth is, I had to work very hard to make it look easy.
"I didn't get where I got on pure talent alone. I got there by trying to outwork my opponents.
"Most of the time, it's not about having a gift. It's about having grit."
Roger Federer declared the main reasons for his success were "grit" and hard graft as he rejected the theory his tennis game was "effortless".
The 42-year-old then went on to deliver three "tennis lessons" he had "relied on through this transition", which he identified as:
- "Effortless" is a myth
- It's only a point
- Life is bigger than the court
"People would say my play was effortless. Most of the time, they meant it as a compliment," he said in Sunday's ceremony. "But it used to frustrate me when they would say, 'He barely broke a sweat', or, 'Is he even trying?'.
"The truth is, I had to work very hard to make it look easy.
"I didn't get where I got on pure talent alone. I got there by trying to outwork my opponents.
"Most of the time, it's not about having a gift. It's about having grit."
'Scuse me, I think you'll find the current vernacular around here is "outpushing" and "outenduransing."Absolutely. According to same resident Fedfans that shall not be named, someone like Federer is all about talent and 'effortless' tennis, while someone like Djokovic or Nadal is all about grinding and outworking/outlasting opponents with little to no talent. Though I imagine they will pretend Federer never said any of this.
Just a little bit. 😌Thought it was well-known that Fed worked hard to make his game LOOK effortless? Am sure Florentine has posted about this, maybe more than once.
Of course, and Federer himself greedily played on this reputation, in front of the media and crowd stunned by this indecent ease.People have unrealistic view about Federer, because his game did look effortless at times. Also seeing his practices, usually at slower pace probably did not help either. Normally he's real casual during open practices. But behind closed doors he worked extremely hard to get where he was.