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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.
Rafael Nadal
The felicity is being content. The felicity is not conquering here or conquering there. The felicity is relishing practicing, delighting in every day, relishing to work hard, seeking to be a better player than before.
2.
Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.
Rafael Nadal
Defeat is not my opponent..anxiety of defeat is my adversary.
3.
The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.
Rafael Nadal
4.
If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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I play each point like my life depends on it.
Rafael Nadal
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I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.
Rafael Nadal
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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
14.
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.
Rafael Nadal
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I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.
Rafael Nadal
16.
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!!!
Rafael Nadal
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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
Rafael Nadal
18.
Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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It is important to recognize the small successes.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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I have no sense of humor about losing
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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 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.
Rafael Nadal
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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
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When you get older, if you are healthy, is not a problem. If you don't have the health, then you go home.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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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
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What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.
Rafael Nadal
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My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
Rafael Nadal
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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
Rafael Nadal
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Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.
Rafael Nadal
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I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.
Rafael Nadal
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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.
Rafael Nadal
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I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
Rafael Nadal
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It's not the time to look for excuses.
Rafael Nadal
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There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.
Rafael Nadal
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I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.
Rafael Nadal
