I was at wimbledon 2009, finals day. I saw roger play and lift the trophey outside centrecourt, was standing 2 meters in front of him, one of my top 5 moments ever (sampras, laver, borg and McEnroe in the shades to!!)
@thepencilsmith This is a great idea!!! Well done thepencilsmith! I have no problem at all, besides i don't own the video, i hope ESPN doesn't mind either! :)
Qué orgullo el ser hijo de Roger Federer!! Uffff cuántas historias les contarán sus padres....el tiempo no alcanzará para toda una historia de triunfos!! Felicidades Roger, Mirka, sus adorables twins y los que vendrán!!
OMG ! every time i watch this i cry even more and more .. I loved When he said '' Gods do not get passed '' I Love You I adore Youuuu Roger You're never gonna get passed at least in my heart <3 <3
OMG ! every time i watch this i cry even more and more .. I loved When he said '' Gods do not get passed '' I Love You I adore Youuuu Roger You're never gonna get passed at least in my heart <3 <3
OMG ! every time i watch that i cry even more and more .. I loved When he said '' Gods do not get passed '' I Love You I adore Youuuu Roger You're never gonna get passed at least in my heart <3 <3
@MrRalphNadal Ok, it makes no sense to get into fight, right? I wouldn't make you understand my point, and for sure I don't believe in yours neither.
And if you don't like this kind of flattery you should just say it like "I don't like, it's too much or whatever"
But no...you had to include "they should have mentioned how Nadal made their daddy cry uncontrollably because it was an honor to lose to Nadal" that's a little too harsh don't you think? Unecessary!
federer's twins enjoy recently how he beats nadal. by the way, the atp finals: roger = 5 titles; nadal= 0; head to head in this tournament; federer 3-0 nadal.
I can't stand this "kind" of fans. It's such a shame, 'cause Rafa and Roger are good friends, and still you come here spitting all the venom you have.
I wonder if you would have say such things if this letter would've been for Rafa.
I'm not sure if I really like this essay all that much. Essentially what this video is telling them is that they have really big shoes to fill left behind by Federer's legacy in tennis. Like many celebrity children, they are often left in the shadows and pressures from their parents' achievements. They don't need an ESPN essay to tell them this, they will learn on their own from the Federer family but also teach them to make a life for themselves in the future.
Oh good lord if I have to read one time that nadal is humble I'll throw up! So cheating to win matches means nothing? As he admitted to doing at the USO yeah what a guy! Roger is and always will be highly respected because he doesn't break the rules and gives full credit to opponents even tho some think he doesn't, try Reading his pressers first before judging him....U only listen to the media who twist his words.
@Fedster88 Pray tell me how he admitted to cheating at the USO???? did i miss something?
Like it or not Nadal is humble. I like Federer by the way but go back and listen to the Press conf. after he lost to Nadal in AO in 2009 and explain to me the comment "Not always the best player wins" I did not read this by the way.. I heard it. Both Nadal and Federer are not PERFECT. so let's cool it from both sides!
hahah that letter is ridiculous. I'm a federer fan myself, but I'm still disgusted by it. "They all came at him, they all fell to him". Nadal came at him, and owns him most of the time, on all surfaces. And he's not so humble and decent anymore. Federer is grace personified, yes, but Nadal is clearly the more gracious one. Federer's done amazing things in his career, yes, and he's a joy to watch, but let's not get carried away. He's no god, just a normal human being
@raikahoken It's such a pity you don't like it cause i F-LOVE it! I ve read other bashing comments on Roger of yours, looks like you're not that much of a fan afterall, huh? ;)
@mariaiomorfh well maybe not so much anymore. I used to watch his every match, and I still do. I used to think he's an invincible tennis god too. He was so good, so humble. I was so ecstatic when he won AO10. But I dunno, after AO it's like he's just not federer anymore. He never won a tournament till Cincinnati. He fell in quarters in RG and wimbly, and he made excuses everytime. But I saw those matches. It's because his form that was lacking, not the conditions.
@mariaiomorfh I watched the US10 semifinal. He had so many chances to beat djokovic, even held 2 match points. Imagine how I felt as I watch him lose in the end. And his attitude this year has not been great at all. He made excuses when he lost and never properly credited his opponent. He refused to watch wimbly and USO final that he didnt get to play in. Compared to that, Nadal is just so humble and gracious everytime. He makes fed look like a sore loser.
@raikahoken Wait, so he isn't as humble as Nadal because he didn't feel like watching the Wimby and USO final? Guess what, he has a family now! If he isn't playing he's spending time with them!
And when he loses he does credit his opponent every single time.
@mariaiomorfh so yeah as you should be able to see, I've been watching and paying a lot of attention to roger cos I'm a fan, just that I've been so saddened by what I saw this year. He's changed so much from the roger we knew in 2007
@raikahoken Hey it's cool dude. I'm not judging, i get what you're saying. I guess there are just different opinions and ways of seeing things. I just don't see him that way. Maybe thats because i wasnt following him in 2007, maybe i am too biased, who knows. He just looks perfectly fine to me personality-speaking. But hey, thankfully there are dozens of other players out there you could follow if one disappoints you, right? :)
@raikahoken not on grass/indoor/fast hard courts. you are a shitty fed fan if you don't know that. and nadal never made it to more than a couple hard court finals to face fed when federer was his prime and nadal was #2 for all those years, while fed made it to, i don't know, 30 of them or something.
This August, you will come along and tennis will be less important, majors will become minor, trophies will become teething rings, and your father's perfect life, will, somehow, get even better.
Yes, I cried like a little child while watching this. Is so nice!
I am such a fed fan that it took me like a few days before i felt for roddick after Wimbledon and seeing how badly he want it but FED is a tennis GOD as i like to say but that moment only lasted like 5 good minutes then PTI went to commercial LOL win in ROME FED
excuse me I speak a very bad english and I badly understood that video. I really want have thi beautiful letter write and I'm asking if somebody can transcribe (in English) it for me??
hi! thanks to all for the lovely comments! it's a really amazi ng tribute although ESPN has to update it a bit! hihi
sorry for the delay RFederer4ever my connection has problems lately, so now i put the words from the video on the right side in the description box! i hope you like it! :)
credits to xXKrUToNXx who wrote them on his respective upload of the video for me! :)
But his finest moment might have been a sun-splashed sunday at Wimbledon, when he passed Pete Sampras record for majors with 15.
Some thought we might not ever see that day. Thought he'd be pasted by younger bulkier models. But they were wrong. Gods do not get pasted.
This August, you will come along and tennis will be less important, majors will become minor, trophies will become teething rings, and your father's perfect life, will, somehow, get even better.
By the time you are old enough to understand this, your father won't be the player he once was. So this is for you, from those of us who were there, just to tell you who he was.
He was a champion like tennis had never seen. He was like a page out of an Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue. He was so graceful, he made ballet dancers want to burn their shoes. He was fast, but not so you'd notice. He was powerful, but, like a Ferrari not a forklift.
They all came at him, and they all fell to him, major after major, year after year. Your father dominated his sport the way avalanches dominate trees. And yet he was so humble and decent that it became no shame to lose to him. In fact, it became a kind of honor. To lose to Roger Federer meant you were woven into the fabric of sports history.
And what a history he wrote. You will read about it someday and it will shock you.
I was at wimbledon 2009, finals day. I saw roger play and lift the trophey outside centrecourt, was standing 2 meters in front of him, one of my top 5 moments ever (sampras, laver, borg and McEnroe in the shades to!!)
warchestful 1 month ago
"He made ballet dancers want to burn their shoes" Awesome
loujaing 2 months ago
@loujaing Thats my favorite line too.. the one I googled to get to this video :) ..
ayush359 2 months ago
Poor Andy. ...
Subtitles00 4 months ago
can anyone tell which is the background score?
manuviswan 4 months ago
Aww! This is sooo sweet(: haha I am proud to be a RF fan.
RogerFedererIsBeast 5 months ago
@rahulvssut what the hell is ur problem...cant u just appreciate the fact that this video is NOT abt nadal.
vanessa4palak 6 months ago
I know this by heart... And watching this makes my proud to be RF fan every time!
jinkailai 6 months ago
@jinkailai hahah mee tooo!! ive watched this video like a 1000 time already!! itss sooo powerful!!!
vanessa4palak 5 months ago
he's fantastic player and i know that he'll be number 1 once again
go on federer <3
matijateniser 7 months ago
A great champion, and a wonderful message by ESPN.
I've added English closed captions to this video.
The idea is to benefit the deaf and hard of hearing viewers, as well as non-native English speakers. Hope you and ESPN don't mind :)
thepencilsmith 7 months ago
@thepencilsmith This is a great idea!!! Well done thepencilsmith! I have no problem at all, besides i don't own the video, i hope ESPN doesn't mind either! :)
mariaiomorfh 7 months ago
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pasangamage 7 months ago
@rahulvssut lets count the grandslams for that matter
carloscanez84 8 months ago
looks like nadal and djoko have disliked this great video...
satishsatishiyer 8 months ago 4
it's so amzing this video...
I FREAKING LOVE IT :)
I love You Roger Federer.. The sunshine in my life.
madswindeballe86 8 months ago
Awesomest video i've seen!!!
kvsudharshan1 9 months ago
Qué orgullo el ser hijo de Roger Federer!! Uffff cuántas historias les contarán sus padres....el tiempo no alcanzará para toda una historia de triunfos!! Felicidades Roger, Mirka, sus adorables twins y los que vendrán!!
cynthiamty 9 months ago
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OMG ! every time i watch this i cry even more and more .. I loved When he said '' Gods do not get passed '' I Love You I adore Youuuu Roger You're never gonna get passed at least in my heart <3 <3
Yuuue14 9 months ago
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OMG ! every time i watch this i cry even more and more .. I loved When he said '' Gods do not get passed '' I Love You I adore Youuuu Roger You're never gonna get passed at least in my heart <3 <3
Yuuue14 9 months ago
OMG ! every time i watch that i cry even more and more .. I loved When he said '' Gods do not get passed '' I Love You I adore Youuuu Roger You're never gonna get passed at least in my heart <3 <3
Yuuue14 9 months ago
hard to xpress mah feelingss!!!!!!!
long live d king..n d god!!!!!!!!
TheRohitagarwal2009 10 months ago
Absolutely beautiful. Really does not matter what his results are as he gets that bit older, he will be the greatest!
amitkarora 11 months ago
GODS DO NOT GET PASSED
SO TRUE!!!!!
jinkailai 1 year ago
@MrRalphNadal I do not agree. You do not agree. This is pointless.
Sarahyta7 1 year ago
@MrRalphNadal lol. sick nadafan
federerbestclass 1 year ago
@MrRalphNadal Ok, it makes no sense to get into fight, right? I wouldn't make you understand my point, and for sure I don't believe in yours neither.
And if you don't like this kind of flattery you should just say it like "I don't like, it's too much or whatever"
But no...you had to include "they should have mentioned how Nadal made their daddy cry uncontrollably because it was an honor to lose to Nadal" that's a little too harsh don't you think? Unecessary!
Sarahyta7 1 year ago
federer's twins enjoy recently how he beats nadal. by the way, the atp finals: roger = 5 titles; nadal= 0; head to head in this tournament; federer 3-0 nadal.
ariel2116 1 year ago
@MrRalphNadal Go get a LIFE!
I can't stand this "kind" of fans. It's such a shame, 'cause Rafa and Roger are good friends, and still you come here spitting all the venom you have.
I wonder if you would have say such things if this letter would've been for Rafa.
Sarahyta7 1 year ago
This guy kinda needs to make another one :)
pocketsearch 1 year ago
no comments on the god of tennis. hope you keep on playing and we will always be cheering for you. its an honour.. :)
btw..which is the music, nebody knows?
manuviswan 1 year ago
I'm not sure if I really like this essay all that much. Essentially what this video is telling them is that they have really big shoes to fill left behind by Federer's legacy in tennis. Like many celebrity children, they are often left in the shadows and pressures from their parents' achievements. They don't need an ESPN essay to tell them this, they will learn on their own from the Federer family but also teach them to make a life for themselves in the future.
tacticalmarine 1 year ago
"that it became no shame to lose to him, in fact, it became a kind of honor to lose to Roger Federer" !
so true :)
1893stuttgartschwabe 1 year ago
Oh good lord if I have to read one time that nadal is humble I'll throw up! So cheating to win matches means nothing? As he admitted to doing at the USO yeah what a guy! Roger is and always will be highly respected because he doesn't break the rules and gives full credit to opponents even tho some think he doesn't, try Reading his pressers first before judging him....U only listen to the media who twist his words.
Fedster88 1 year ago
@Fedster88 Pray tell me how he admitted to cheating at the USO???? did i miss something?
Like it or not Nadal is humble. I like Federer by the way but go back and listen to the Press conf. after he lost to Nadal in AO in 2009 and explain to me the comment "Not always the best player wins" I did not read this by the way.. I heard it. Both Nadal and Federer are not PERFECT. so let's cool it from both sides!
xpressson 11 months ago
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hahah that letter is ridiculous. I'm a federer fan myself, but I'm still disgusted by it. "They all came at him, they all fell to him". Nadal came at him, and owns him most of the time, on all surfaces. And he's not so humble and decent anymore. Federer is grace personified, yes, but Nadal is clearly the more gracious one. Federer's done amazing things in his career, yes, and he's a joy to watch, but let's not get carried away. He's no god, just a normal human being
raikahoken 1 year ago
@raikahoken It's such a pity you don't like it cause i F-LOVE it! I ve read other bashing comments on Roger of yours, looks like you're not that much of a fan afterall, huh? ;)
mariaiomorfh 1 year ago 16
@mariaiomorfh well maybe not so much anymore. I used to watch his every match, and I still do. I used to think he's an invincible tennis god too. He was so good, so humble. I was so ecstatic when he won AO10. But I dunno, after AO it's like he's just not federer anymore. He never won a tournament till Cincinnati. He fell in quarters in RG and wimbly, and he made excuses everytime. But I saw those matches. It's because his form that was lacking, not the conditions.
raikahoken 1 year ago
@mariaiomorfh I watched the US10 semifinal. He had so many chances to beat djokovic, even held 2 match points. Imagine how I felt as I watch him lose in the end. And his attitude this year has not been great at all. He made excuses when he lost and never properly credited his opponent. He refused to watch wimbly and USO final that he didnt get to play in. Compared to that, Nadal is just so humble and gracious everytime. He makes fed look like a sore loser.
raikahoken 1 year ago
@raikahoken Wait, so he isn't as humble as Nadal because he didn't feel like watching the Wimby and USO final? Guess what, he has a family now! If he isn't playing he's spending time with them!
And when he loses he does credit his opponent every single time.
3timeMVPNash 1 year ago
@mariaiomorfh so yeah as you should be able to see, I've been watching and paying a lot of attention to roger cos I'm a fan, just that I've been so saddened by what I saw this year. He's changed so much from the roger we knew in 2007
raikahoken 1 year ago
@raikahoken Hey it's cool dude. I'm not judging, i get what you're saying. I guess there are just different opinions and ways of seeing things. I just don't see him that way. Maybe thats because i wasnt following him in 2007, maybe i am too biased, who knows. He just looks perfectly fine to me personality-speaking. But hey, thankfully there are dozens of other players out there you could follow if one disappoints you, right? :)
mariaiomorfh 1 year ago
@raikahoken not on grass/indoor/fast hard courts. you are a shitty fed fan if you don't know that. and nadal never made it to more than a couple hard court finals to face fed when federer was his prime and nadal was #2 for all those years, while fed made it to, i don't know, 30 of them or something.
demondayzzz 1 year ago
@raikahoken Federer is much more humble than Nadal.
3timeMVPNash 1 year ago
@raikahoken if ur a federer fan then im a nadal fan.im a nadal fan,but nadal sucks.
kyuubiyura 1 year ago
what kinda person would dislike this???
that person must be a retard!!
adithyasankrit 1 year ago 2
In a few more years, a new women's doubles icon will emerge: THE FEDERER SISTERS :-)
Alexandahls 1 year ago
@mariaiomorfh i think it was "gods do not get passed" lol
samurai7411 1 year ago
@samurai7411 LOL ok that was embarrassing! You are right, I think i just made up my own verb!LOL I'll correct it right away!
mariaiomorfh 1 year ago
This August, you will come along and tennis will be less important, majors will become minor, trophies will become teething rings, and your father's perfect life, will, somehow, get even better.
Yes, I cried like a little child while watching this. Is so nice!
Sarahyta7 1 year ago
1.44 is an image for the history
hubertus35 1 year ago
Aww thats nice
RFedererMagic 1 year ago
I am such a fed fan that it took me like a few days before i felt for roddick after Wimbledon and seeing how badly he want it but FED is a tennis GOD as i like to say but that moment only lasted like 5 good minutes then PTI went to commercial LOL win in ROME FED
trounbyfire 1 year ago
simplemente el mejor
DrSABEE 2 years ago
And Roger is still at the top winning majors, not slowing down one bit.
3timeMVPNash 2 years ago 3
love roger fererer!!!
pavzbsb 2 years ago
loved it !
ripujit10 2 years ago
I dont really like Federer but this video is fucking AMAZING! Nice stuff
hfgdds 2 years ago 4
1 word... Epic
dodo3070 2 years ago
still searching for the music. any ideas?
tecs73 2 years ago
it makes me cry
fedophile 2 years ago 5
from 1.22 to 1.32 is the sickest
patrick7pat 2 years ago 3
Every word is gold in this essay. Mr. Darcy is no longer exist these days, but we' are so fortune to have Roger!
Thanks for the video.
snack2007 2 years ago 31
great video!
tecs73 2 years ago 3
What's the background music?
SaintClassic92 2 years ago
I am so sorry, i have no idea!! if someone knows it please share it! I love it too!
mariaiomorfh 2 years ago
love you federer!
placid109 2 years ago
i love that soundtrack !
47slayer 2 years ago
Do you know the name of the song?
SaintClassic92 2 years ago
It should start "Dear youngest Federer's" but it was surprise to everyone...
Zipzap112 2 years ago
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1234567rash 2 years ago
plz transcribe
Jhonathan17 2 years ago
Hi,
excuse me I speak a very bad english and I badly understood that video. I really want have thi beautiful letter write and I'm asking if somebody can transcribe (in English) it for me??
It will be very great!!
Thanks
Federer for ever!
RFederer4ever 2 years ago
hi! thanks to all for the lovely comments! it's a really amazi ng tribute although ESPN has to update it a bit! hihi
sorry for the delay RFederer4ever my connection has problems lately, so now i put the words from the video on the right side in the description box! i hope you like it! :)
credits to xXKrUToNXx who wrote them on his respective upload of the video for me! :)
mariaiomorfh 2 years ago
But his finest moment might have been a sun-splashed sunday at Wimbledon, when he passed Pete Sampras record for majors with 15.
Some thought we might not ever see that day. Thought he'd be pasted by younger bulkier models. But they were wrong. Gods do not get pasted.
This August, you will come along and tennis will be less important, majors will become minor, trophies will become teething rings, and your father's perfect life, will, somehow, get even better.
1234567rash 2 years ago 30
Dear Youngest Federer,
By the time you are old enough to understand this, your father won't be the player he once was. So this is for you, from those of us who were there, just to tell you who he was.
He was a champion like tennis had never seen. He was like a page out of an Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue. He was so graceful, he made ballet dancers want to burn their shoes. He was fast, but not so you'd notice. He was powerful, but, like a Ferrari not a forklift.
1234567rash 2 years ago 3
They all came at him, and they all fell to him, major after major, year after year. Your father dominated his sport the way avalanches dominate trees. And yet he was so humble and decent that it became no shame to lose to him. In fact, it became a kind of honor. To lose to Roger Federer meant you were woven into the fabric of sports history.
And what a history he wrote. You will read about it someday and it will shock you.
1234567rash 2 years ago 3
@RFederer4ever lol...in what language?
tennisthemennis 1 year ago
This needs to be changed from child to children as he and Mirka have twin girls!
buzzybee286 2 years ago 4
hahahhaa you're right!!! ohh if we only knew....:D:D
mariaiomorfh 2 years ago
tv from switzerland tried to convert this into a german video!
That's awful and I really hate videos like that in german. It sounds so inappropriate.
But the english one is absolutly perfect!
nanospeedreloaded 2 years ago
really?? lol i didn't know that!! but yeah.. at least the english one is perfect! :D very touching...
mariaiomorfh 2 years ago
yeah it is! i love it! i am glad you do too! :D
mariaiomorfh 2 years ago
wow
lmsud52 2 years ago
Nice Video
Atreesy 2 years ago
AMAZING
Juventus4747 2 years ago