”Why do we play tennis?” – Roger Federer

Everybody on this planet is aware of Roger Federer and his simplicity, class and the magic he creates on the court with his Wilson weapon. Beyond the shadows of doubt, he is the highest paid tennis player for more than a decade now. Even in his wildest of his dreams, Federer never thought of achieving the net worth of $600 million. However, since the time he held a tennis racquet, he dreamt of winning the Wimbledon title. As a child, the Basel native in his coaching at the Old Boys club used to say “Whack! Pow! With this shot, I win Wimbledon!” in the course of his training hours.

Wimbledon was his main motive since the very beginning of his career. He spent endless hours slamming any ball against the garage and cupboard doors. While growing up, Federer just wanted to get to the grass courts of Wimbledon and wearing whites. “For me, it’s always been, first of all, my dream to be able to play at Wimbledon and play different tournaments, and not to be a millionaire. That was not my goal”, Federer said. “It was maybe having a comfortable living eventually, not having to think about it.”

When it comes to the materialist stuff in regard to tennis, Federer says, “In the first place, why do we play tennis? It’s not to make money; it’s to chase our dream, you know. It happened that we have a lot of money in tennis, and that is obviously good for us now. But it’s thanks to the generations before us, you know, who got the tennis where it is today.” Irrespective of his bank balance, the Swiss maestro is still the same and he looks into staying fit and healthy, eating cleaning, training insane, getting enough sleep and playing better and better tennis each day. He might make few million of dollar each year, but all he cares about is to win titles and spent some quality time with his family.