Rafael Nadal Quotes

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.
It's not the time to look for excuses.
I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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.
My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.
My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.
My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.
My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
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.
New York is a special place; it's a city that I love.
No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.
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.
Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.
That's painful always to lose.
The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.
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.
The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.
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