Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.
I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.
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.
I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.
Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.
In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day - no photographs.