I’m not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I’m amongst the best. That’s true. That’s enough for me.
RAFAEL NADALSome people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.
More Rafael Nadal Quotes
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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.
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We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.
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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.
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My serve can get better, for sure. It’s not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
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Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.
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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.
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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.
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Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.
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I think is about confidence. Is about doing the right things. Is about being healthy. Is not about if I want to work or if I don’t want to work. Is about if I can work or if I can’t work.
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The US player Andy Roddick reaches speeds of 220 kilometers per hour when he serves. If I train with him every day, I will later be at an advantage against a player whose service crosses the net at 190 kilometers per hour.
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I play each point like my life depends on it.
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It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.
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I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.
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Everybody likes to say that Roger Federer is the Greatest Player of all time because its so nice to watch him play…but you have got to throw in Nadal’s Mind as well…and That’s the GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!
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