Rafael Nadal Quotes

I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.

It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.

As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.

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.

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

Stay healthy, do sports and above all have fun while doing sport. Competing or just for fun, whatever, simply enjoy and try your best. Working hard, working well with achievable goals normally pays off. Believe in the people that are with you and listen to those who have more experience.

Win 10 times in an important event like Monte-Carlo is something difficult to describe the feeling. Every year have been a different feeling. At the same time is always a unique moment every time I have this trophy with me.

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.

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

I would like to believe there is a God, but I think it is better to say I'm not sure there is a God and live your life with kindness and respect for people than to say I know there is a God and then do bad things.

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 doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.

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.

That's painful always to lose.

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.

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

For sure, with golf it's not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That's what makes tennis great - you combine both things. It's a very mental sport and at the same time can be dramatically physical. But I do admire the mentality of sport more than the physicality because physical performance is much easier to practice than mental performance.

When one player is better than you, at this moment, the only thing you can do is work, try to find solutions and try to wait a little bit for your time. I'm going to wait and I'm going to try a sixth time. And if the sixth doesn't happen, a seventh. It's going to be like this. That's the spirit of sport.

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

Barcelona, the tournament is, for all the Spanish players, an amazing event. I think is one of the top events on tour because is a historic event with a lot of tradition. A lot of years of the tournament, a lot of great players have been playing there. And it's in a real tennis club.

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

Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.

Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.

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

Today people hit the ball with much more strength. Almost every player is capable of playing a winning stroke from any position. This means the balls arrive more quickly. If you want to reach them, you have to slow down from a high speed or suddenly change direction. These are moments when you can injure yourself, and that's what wears us out.

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I've got a brand new look - I've moved on to polo shirts. Sleeveless T-shirts give you real freedom of movement and they keep you cooler in matches, but I just thought it was time for a change.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.

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

Always I believe that I can play better. But I am happy.

I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.

Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.

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.

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.

I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.

Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.

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

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.

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

I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.

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

I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.

It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

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.