Roger Federer shares the lessons he learned from a legendary tennis career at a graduation ceremony in the United States.
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:"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?'."I didn't get where I got on pure talent alone.
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