Rafael Nadal Quotes
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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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I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.
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I have no sense of humor about losing
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I do notice that I am tired.
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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.
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It's not the time to look for excuses.
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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.
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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.
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I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.
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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.
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Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.
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I think is about confidence. Is about doing the right things. Is about being healthy. Is not about if I want to work or if I don't want to work. Is about if I can work or if I can't work.
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I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.
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The young athletes are supposed to mature, to improve their personality.
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Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.
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That's painful always to lose.
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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.
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For sure, with golf it's not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That's what makes tennis great - you combine both things. It's a very mental sport and at the same time can be dramatically physical. But I do admire the mentality of sport more than the physicality because physical performance is much easier to practice than mental performance.
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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!!!
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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.
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For me, that's the most important thing, feel myself happy when I am playing. If I am healthy and I feel myself competitive, I am happy. Then is obvious I would like to win. But I know if I am in finals of important events, the normal thing is I finally win titles.
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If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.
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Something that works for one person could be a disadvantage to another.
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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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My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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