I am not a person who I am thinking about what I achieved or what I don’t achieve. I am a person who try to enjoy the moment. That’s what I do.
RAFAEL NADALI 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.
More Rafael Nadal Quotes
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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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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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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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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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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it’s the right thing to do out there.
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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.
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Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don’t just react but are able to act and think.
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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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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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Is only a tennis match. At the end, that’s life. There is much more important things.
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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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What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.
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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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I feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I’m playing in New York.
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