“My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get...” — Roger Federer Quote

My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.

I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.

I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.

We can't always agree on everything.

What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.

My father had to go back to Iran to take care of his father when I was 13 and was detained for six years before returning. My mom was raising three kids without a dad.

I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.

There's not a single day when I walk the streets of New York City when someone doesn't come up to me to say: 'Please, please, ask your dad to run for president.' We really need a businessman as leader of our country, not a politician.

I used to go to work with Dad on the weekend. We'd drive past an indoor go-kart track every now and then, and we went there a few times. I was never tall enough, so I always left upset. I think I was seven when I was the right height, and I was like, 'Please let me have a go.' It was love at first sight.