Top 100 Quotes About Nadal
#1. On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.
Bjorn Borg
#2. To me, Hewitt and Nadal would be the best spirited fighters I've ever seen on the tennis court.
Mats Wilander
#3. I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.
Lleyton Hewitt
#4. Sports is about balls and about heart and you don't find too many champions in any sport in the world without heart or balls. He might have them, but against Nadal they shrink to a very small size and it's not once, it's every time.
Mats Wilander
#5. Roger Federer certainly is my claim to be the best of all time - if there is such a thing. With Rafael Nadal not far behind,
Rod Laver
#6. One of Nadal's strengths is that he's so humble, that he's surprised at what he has achieved, and that he has never bought into his greatness.
Jim Courier
#7. Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.
Novak Djokovic
#8. 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
#9. If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.
Jim Courier
#10. You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age.
Brad Gilbert
#11. I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
Rafael Nadal
#12. I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
Rafael Nadal
#13. If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.
Rafael Nadal
#14. 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
#15. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#16. I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
Rafael Nadal
#17. 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
#18. I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a 19 year old boy that likes to do what he likes, nothing else.
Rafael Nadal
#19. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#21. In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
Rafael Nadal
#22. I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd 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 don't know why.
Rafael Nadal
#23. I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
Rafael Nadal
#24. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#25. My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
Rafael Nadal
#26. I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.
Rafael Nadal
#27. I play each point like my life depends on it.
Rafael Nadal
#28. The first point is always important, more so in a Wimbledon final
Rafael Nadal
#29. 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
#30. 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
#31. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#32. I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.
Rafael Nadal
#33. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#34. I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
Rafael Nadal
#35. I'm delighted and feel incredibly happy with what have been an amazing two months.
Rafael Nadal
#36. I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.
Rafael Nadal
#37. 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
#39. Always I believe that I can play better. But I am happy.
Rafael Nadal
#40. Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life continues. This is a sport of victories, not a sport of losses. Nobody remembers the losses. I don't want to remember the loss.
Rafael Nadal
#41. If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.
Rafael Nadal
#43. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#45. My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
Rafael Nadal
#46. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#47. 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
#48. 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
#49. I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
Rafael Nadal
#50. It's the same old story, all you think about is money.
Rafael Nadal
#51. Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.
Rafael Nadal
#52. I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.
Rafael Nadal
#53. Victory does not feel so good as losing feels bad. When you have a son, you are happy. But it's no comparison to the sadness you feel losing a son.
Toni Nadal
#54. To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.
Rafael Nadal
#55. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#56. I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.
Rafael Nadal
#57. If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.
Rafael Nadal
#58. I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
Rafael Nadal
#60. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#61. I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
Rafael Nadal
#62. Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.
Rafael Nadal
#63. 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
#64. 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
#65. 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
#66. Humility is the recognition of your limitations, and it is from this understanding, and this understanding alone, that the drive comes to work hard at overcoming them.
John Carlin, Rafael Nadal
#68. I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
Rafael Nadal
#69. I'm delighted with the way I'm playing at the moment
Rafael Nadal
#70. Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.
Rafael Nadal
#71. I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.
Rafael Nadal
#72. I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.
Rafael Nadal
#73. It is more important to be a good person than a good player.
Toni Nadal
#74. The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.
Rafael Nadal
#75. The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
Rafael Nadal
#76. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#77. 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
#78. I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.
Rafael Nadal
#79. I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.
Rafael Nadal
#80. 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
#81. When you think you are the king of the world, you are really stupid in my opinion because in this life every person is important.
Toni Nadal
#82. However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own
Rafael Nadal
#83. I dont have good luck in the match points.
Rafael Nadal
#84. During a match, you are in a permanent battle to fight back your everyday vulnerabilities, bottle up your human feelings. It's a kind of self-hypnosis, a game you play, with deadly seriousness, to disguise your own weaknesses from yourself, as well as from your rival.
Rafael Nadal I Farreras
#85. Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.
Rafael Nadal
#86. I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.
Rafael Nadal
#87. 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
#88. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#89. Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.
Rafael Nadal
#90. 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
#91. 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
#92. No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.
Rafael Nadal
#93. I have lived my whole life with high intensity.
Rafael Nadal
#94. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#95. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#96. Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I'm at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa - I can't face going to bed. I'm there with the TV on and all the lights on. I'm not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very.
Rafael Nadal
#97. I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.
Rafael Nadal
#98. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#99. 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.
Rafael Nadal
#100. I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.
Rafael Nadal
