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.
RAFAEL NADALThe 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.
More Rafael Nadal Quotes
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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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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.
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What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.
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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.
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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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I play each point like my life depends on it.
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Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.
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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 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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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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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 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.
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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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It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.
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