Quotes by Rafael Nadal

“I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me,”

“As long as I got my pants back...”

“Im number one in the tournament, but number one doesnt always win,”

“To be honest, I havent felt at my best since this tournament began. I didnt feel good with the court or the balls. But those are excuses. You have to accept when you dont play well and somebody else does.”

“I dont want to think about it because I always want to stay the same, ... I only want to think about next week. Im happy Ive won a grand slam, three Masters Series and five [other] tournaments, but I cant think about that now. Ill think about it at the end of the year.”

“I dont have good luck in the match points.”

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

“I played bad, he played better.”

“I lost a little bit of confidence about me, ... I am not playing good this week...There are moments when you dont have the confidence and this is one of those moments.”

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

The problem nowadays is that children have become too much the center of attention. Their parents, their families, everybody around them feels a need to put them on a pedestal. So much effort is invested in boosting their self-esteem that they are made to feel special in and of themselves, without having done anything.

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

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.

I have no sense of humor about losing

I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.

I like a lot of sports. Especially football - its my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.

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.

The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.

Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice, with the illusion that Im going to get better that day.

I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, Id be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still dont know why.