Rafael Nadal Quotes
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Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical - I like the music. I saw 'Mamma Mia;' I saw 'Les Miserables;' I saw 'Phantom of the Opera' like six, seven times.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.
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I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.
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As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.
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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.' 5
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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.
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I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.
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I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.
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It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
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I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.
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Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.
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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.
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
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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.
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I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.
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We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.
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That's painful always to lose.
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You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you don't have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when you've finished, nothing's changed. You've still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.
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I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.