Rafael Nadal Quotations | Page 2

It is unbelievable to me that I can win against the best player in the world, against one of the best in history. It's very important and very special for me, especially because I was three months off the court.

It?s already a great feeling to be third on the list. To get past Borg, I will have to reach the final in Barcelona next week. It won?t be easy. I could lose any day. But if I am 100 per cent I know I have a great chance of winning.

The favorite is always the No. 1. I can win. Blake can win. But the favorite is the No. 1.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

I'm very happy with how I played. I got some confidence back. My backhand was not 100 percent today, but it was good.

I need to improve, I want to improve, and to be able to stay in London and play on grass before Wimbledon is a very good opportunity for me.

In the second, I told myself just to hold my serve and try and be aggressive on his serve, and hopefully get a break. I also applied more topspin on my forehand. Once I won the second game after being 0-30 down, my confidence also went up.

I didn't play a great match, but once I pass the first two rounds, things get easier. I'm used to the court and the conditions.

Gaudio is playing very well. Today he played at an incredible level, especially on his backhand. But I am only thinking of my own game, and of playing well.

I am very young. He's unbelievable player. For me, he's the best, for sure. One of the best in history and he's the best player now, by far. If you look at the rankings, and the points and the Grand Slams leads, we don't have comparison.

I am very young, and he is an unbelievable player, one of the best in history and the best player now by far. If you look at the rankings, if you look at the points, if you look at the Grand Slam titles, we don't have competition. And also the most important factor is that he is better than me.

He's in a good moment. When a player stays in a good moment with confidence, he's always difficult. He's playing good, for sure. He can stay in the top 10 because he's playing very good.

I cannot win this year but I can play good on grass

I begin late, that's important factor. And the most important factor, he is better than me.

He played good. He played with confidence. I didn't play good in the important moments. When I need my winner, the winner go out. And he played very tough.

He played good and aggressive. In difficult moments, he always had the confidence to win the point, how to play the point well. I fought all match.

He plays all the time inside the court. He returns very fast all time. And at the difficult moments, I think maybe the 15-40, 4-all, he has a lot of confidence.

I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.

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!!!

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

I'm delighted with the way I'm playing at the moment

That's painful always to lose.

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship - all these things shaped me too.

I'm really, really emotional.

I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.

We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

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.

Confidence is the most important thing in this sport, and the confidence from winning Wimbledon would make it easier to win the Olympics, too. Either would be very difficult, both even more-but the player who wins Wimbledon will be the favorite for the Olympics. It can happen.

All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That's also true of tennis; the ball is getting faster and faster.

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.

For sure, with golf it's not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That's what makes tennis great - you combine both things. It's a very mental sport and at the same time can be dramatically physical. But I do admire the mentality of sport more than the physicality because physical performance is much easier to practice than mental performance.

I played almost four hours today, ... Im very, very tired.

I dont have good luck in the match points.

Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.

The young athletes are supposed to mature, to improve their personality.

Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions.

Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life continues. This is a sport of victories, not a sport of losses. Nobody remembers the losses. I don't want to remember the loss.

It is important to recognize the small successes.

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.

I feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I'm playing in New York.

Always I believe that I can play better. But I am happy.

I'm delighted and feel incredibly happy with what have been an amazing two months.

It's the same old story, all you think about is money.

It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.

Since I was a kid, I've wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general ... But tennis is my passion.

I am going to fight for important things.

I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.

It is no longer enough to play very well. You need to be able to give an answer at all times and everywhere. You cannot hide. This has something to do with maturity, and that is something you only acquire over the years.

I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a 19 year old boy that likes to do what he likes, nothing else.

Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.

The bad thing about the [tennis] calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you want to achieve the most you can (and) go as high up (in the rankings) as you can, you have to play from the start to the finish because there are important tournaments from the beginning to the end.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

Today people hit the ball with much more strength. Almost every player is capable of playing a winning stroke from any position. This means the balls arrive more quickly. If you want to reach them, you have to slow down from a high speed or suddenly change direction. These are moments when you can injure yourself, and that's what wears us out.

I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.

I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.

Certainly I would like to have some of the qualities of other players and obviously from Roger Federer. But believe me, there are plenty of other abilities that are important, particularly mindset and strength.

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.

Don't think about being the number one in the world, try instead to get through today's program as well as you can. Then we will see whether one day you'll end up as number one or number 100.

He's a fantastic player and he's going to be around so much longer so I'm happy with every one I get before he takes them all

I do notice that I am tired.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

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.

When one gets beaten by somebody better, one has to know how to lose with humility. Sure, I could have served better. Sure, I could have hit my forehand harder. But the truth was this was like an avalanche, and there was no way to stop it.

I have no sense of humor about losing

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.

You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you dont have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when youve finished, nothings changed. Youve still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.

However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own

I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I'm scared. There's not one player in the world who isn't nervous before matches. Especially important matches.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

I would like to believe there is a God, but I think it is better to say I'm not sure there is a God and live your life with kindness and respect for people than to say I know there is a God and then do bad things,

Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.

Stay healthy, do sports and above all have fun while doing sport. Competing or just for fun, whatever, simply enjoy and try your best. Working hard, working well with achievable goals normally pays off. Believe in the people that are with you and listen to those who have more experience.

Something that works for one person could be a disadvantage to another.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

You have to accept both losing and winning well. I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost.

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

In your career you have a lot of good moments and bad ones. The important thing is to have enough motivation to keep working all the days with humility and trying to be a better player than before. I am going to try to continue doing this.

I became a player who goes to a lot of effort while training, who can rely on his will and his mental strengths.

When one player is better than you, at this moment, the only thing you can do is work, try to find solutions and try to wait a little bit for your time. I'm going to wait and I'm going to try a sixth time. And if the sixth doesn't happen, a seventh. It's going to be like this. That's the spirit of sport.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

This is my chance - it's the fourth set. Sure. if I go to the fifth I can win too but I was very near, very near to the victory. I was thinking about the victory, I was thinking about every point I received because he was playing much better and better.

The first match is never easy. To play three sets with some important moments, that's important for the confidence.