Rafael Nadal Quotes

Since I was a kid, I've wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general ... But tennis is my passion.

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

I think is about confidence. Is about doing the right things. Is about being healthy. Is not about if I want to work or if I don't want to work. Is about if I can work or if I can't work.

The young athletes are supposed to mature, to improve their personality.

I don't think about how going to be the match. I think about try to do the right things to win. I don't think about how easy can say or how tough can say. I go on court. I try my best.

I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

I am going to fight for important things.

It's the same old story, all you think about is money.

I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

I do notice that I am tired.

I am satisfied the way that I am playing. Is obvious that there is always things to improve.

I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.

I don't expect never an easy match. I always expect difficult matches.

What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.

I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.

It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.

I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.

I played almost four hours today, ... Im very, very tired.

You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.

I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers...

I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

Is always the motivation to play better and better. But I think we are in a very good way to keep winning matches. That's most important thing for me.

I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.

If you are healthy, you can work. If you can work, then the chances of success are higher.

I feel lucky to keep playing tennis, being healthy all those years, to compete in one of the most beautiful events of the year, without a doubt.

Everybody is doing the best things possible to still healthy and to play as long as possible.

Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.

If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions.

All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That's also true of tennis; the ball is getting faster and faster.

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship - all these things shaped me too.

Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.

It should not be a child's only goal to become the best player in the world. That would be a bad, a harmful attitude.

Something that works for one person could be a disadvantage to another.

New York is a special place; it's a city that I love.

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

I'm delighted and feel incredibly happy with what have been an amazing two months.