Rafael Nadal Quotes

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.

Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

It is important to recognize the small successes.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

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.

Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

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.

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.

I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.

However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

It's not the time to look for excuses.