Rafael Nadal Quotes

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

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

When you get older, if you are healthy, is not a problem. If you don't have the health, then you go home.

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.

I am going to fight for important things.

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

The bad thing about the [tennis] calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you want to achieve the most you can (and) go as high up (in the rankings) as you can, you have to play from the start to the finish because there are important tournaments from the beginning to the end.

I do notice that I am tired.

There is some moments on the career of everyone that are important ones. Is obvious that first title on clay makes a big difference. After that, I was confident enough to keep going, winning in Barcelona, in Rome, then in Roland Garros.

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

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

We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

He's a fantastic player and he's going to be around so much longer so I'm happy with every one I get before he takes them all

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 dont have good luck in the match points.

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

Seriously, I am not a person that I think much about what happened or what didn't happen or what could happen. I happy about the things that happened to me. I'm a lucky person, for sure, for all the things that happened to me during my life.

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 appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.

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

Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life continues. This is a sport of victories, not a sport of losses. Nobody remembers the losses. I don't want to remember the loss.

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

I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.

Don't think about being the number one in the world, try instead to get through today's program as well as you can. Then we will see whether one day you'll end up as number one or number 100.

Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.

I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I'm scared. There's not one player in the world who isn't nervous before matches. Especially important matches.

I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.

Certainly I would like to have some of the qualities of other players and obviously from Roger Federer. But believe me, there are plenty of other abilities that are important, particularly mindset and strength.

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.

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

Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice, with the illusion that I'm going to get better that day.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

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

It's not the time to look for excuses.

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.

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

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

I feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I'm playing in New York.

What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.

It is important to recognize the small successes.

I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.

Most important thing, I am not a player who win the serves because I serve aces or free points, no. When I winning a lot of serves is because I am playing well from the baseline. That's why.

I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.

Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

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

I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a 19 year old boy that likes to do what he likes, nothing else.