Top 172 Quotes & Sayings by Rafael Nadal - Page 2

I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.

I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.

I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.

I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I've started to choose my own things from time to time.

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don't like.

In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day - no photographs.

I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I've got a brand new look - I've moved on to polo shirts. Sleeveless T-shirts give you real freedom of movement and they keep you cooler in matches, but I just thought it was time for a change.

I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.

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 started to travel like this at the age of 15 so for me, it's normal. Some days you get tired and you feel, 'I want to stay at home a little bit more,' but it's only the moment.

No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.

I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.

My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.

My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.

I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I have no sense of humor about losing

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

When you get older, if you are healthy, is not a problem. If you don't have the health, then you go home.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

It is important to recognize the small successes.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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