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 NADALI’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 NADALIs only a tennis match. At the end, that’s life. There is much more important things.
RAFAEL NADALWe should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.
RAFAEL NADALTennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don’t just react but are able to act and think.
RAFAEL NADALI 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 play each point like my life depends on it.
RAFAEL NADALI am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.
RAFAEL NADALIt should not be a child’s only goal to become the best player in the world. That would be a bad, a harmful attitude.
RAFAEL NADALWhat happened happened. Important thing is what can come.
RAFAEL NADALI 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.
RAFAEL NADALThe 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.
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.
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.
RAFAEL NADALI would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
RAFAEL NADALIf 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.
RAFAEL NADALEveryone is entitled to have their own opinions.
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