Roger Federer built an entire reputation on staying calm when everyone around him expected him to crack. Off the court, raising four children including two sets of twins, he admitted the calm has limits. "I'm as patient a father as I am on the tennis court," he said. "It takes a lot for me to get really upset, but sometimes kids can get you really cross if they really keep bugging you." It is a small, honest confession from someone usually associated with total composure, and that honesty is exactly what makes it worth paying attention to, since it comes from someone whose whole public image was built on never appearing rattled by anything, on court or off it.
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