ESPN letter to Roger Federer's children

this is ESPN Rick Reilly's Essay To Federer's Child. It's a wonderful tribute for rogi's 15 grand slams i found (some other guys have already posted it, i dont mean to take anything out of them) so i considered sharing it with you in a good quality(taken from the espn site).
ENJOY
It's obvious that i don't own anything of this video, which is distributed by me only for fun and sharing and it will be immediatelly removed if asked.

UPDATE:: god!!! it's TWINS!! AND GIRLS!!! well, now the video seems a little outdated but..:O who would have expected that?? i am soo thrilled! congratulations lovely parents!!
Here is the dialogue: 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. 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. 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 past by younger bulkier models. But they were wrong. Gods do not get passed. 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.
credits for the dialogue to: xXKrUToNXx

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[thepencilsmith]

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 :)

[mariaiomorfh]

@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! :)

[snack2007]

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.

[1234567rash]

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.

[warchestful]

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!!)

[ayush359]

@loujaing Thats my favorite line too.. the one I googled to get to this video :) ..

[loujaing]

"He made ballet dancers want to burn their shoes" Awesome

[Subtitles00]

Poor Andy. ...

[manuviswan]

can anyone tell which is the background score?

[RogerFedererIsBeast]

Aww! This is sooo sweet(: haha I am proud to be a RF fan.

[vanessa4palak]

@jinkailai hahah mee tooo!! ive watched this video like a 1000 time already!! itss sooo powerful!!! 

[vanessa4palak]

@rahulvssut what the hell is ur problem...cant u just appreciate the fact that this video is NOT abt nadal.

[jinkailai]

I know this by heart... And watching this makes my proud to be RF fan every time!

[matijateniser]

he's fantastic player and i know that he'll be number 1 once again

go on federer <3