“Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.” – Rafael Nadal
“I think the doubts are good in life. The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things: arrogance or not intelligence.” – Rafael Nadal
“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 I’m going to get better that day.” – Rafael Nadal
“I have no sense of humour about losing.” – Rafael Nadal
“It’s hard to say, ‘I don’t believe in God.’ I would love to know if God exists. But it’s a very difficult thing for me to believe.” – Rafael Nadal
“The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practising, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.” – Rafael Nadal
“I like a lot of sports. Especially football – it’s my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.” – Rafael Nadal
“I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.” – Rafael Nadal
“I always work with a goal – and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.” – Rafael Nadal
“I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.” – Rafael Nadal
“My parents’ divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can’t play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.” – Rafael Nadal
“I’m only superstitious on the tennis court.” – Rafael Nadal
“I always had the theory that the most important thing is to be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.” – Rafael Nadal
“I admire a lot of people, but in terms of sport I’ve always loved the mentality of Tiger Woods on a golf course. I always love his eyes when he’s setting himself and focusing on his decision; he has a really strong, focused face and believes that he can make the shot.” – Rafael Nadal
“No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.” – Rafael Nadal
“I’m ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed – I can’t do it. I’m clueless.” – Rafael Nadal
“My serve can get better, for sure. It’s not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in a spin.” – Rafael Nadal
“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.” – Rafael Nadal
“I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.” – Rafael Nadal
“I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.” – Rafael Nadal
“Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.” – Rafael Nadal
“I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it’s a soccer match with friends or golf.” – Rafael Nadal
“Some people get very confused about my game. They think it’s better if the court is slow because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.” – Rafael Nadal
“I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.” – Rafael Nadal
“I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.” – Rafael Nadal
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