91 Great Quotes By Rafael Nadal That Will Make You His Craziest Fan
Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.
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.
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.
The first point is always important, more so in a Wimbledon final
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.
However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own
I have no sense of humor about losing
I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.
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 think the doubts are good in life. The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things: arrogance or not intelligence.
I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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.
In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
I have lived my whole life with high intensity.
Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical - I like the music. I saw 'Mamma Mia;' I saw 'Les Miserables;' I saw 'Phantom of the Opera' like six, seven times.
Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.
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'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.
My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.
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 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 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.
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.
That's painful always to lose.
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
It's not the time to look for excuses.
If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.
I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
