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Rafael Nadal, born on June 3, 1986, is a world-renowned tennis player from Spain. Known for his powerful baseline play and tenacious style, Nadal is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

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“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.”

Ifs Knows Believe Hard Difficult Don't Believe Believe In God Difficult Things God Exists

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“Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.”

Lasts Careers Four Months Seasons Court Unbelievable Clay

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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.”

Speed Get Better Bombs Serving Variation

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“New York is a special place; it's a city that I love.”

Cities Special New York Special Places

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“Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.”

Years Hard Play Sports Competition Tennis

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“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.”

Trying Winning Speed Aggressive Gears

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“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.”

Want My Own Worry Laundry Fridges

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“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Games Court Painful Faster Opponents Confused Aggressive Defence

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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.”

Sports Practice Easier Performances Golf Admire Tennis Mentality Physicality

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“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.”

Knows Hard Body Sports Easier Creating Negative Court Grass Cents Clay

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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.”

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“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.”

Knows Want I Can Home Lucky Normal Golf Relax Fishing Tournaments Back Home Normal Life Playing Golf

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“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.”

World Years Three Sports Football Nine Cups Favourite Uncles Spain World Cup Nine Years Barcelona

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“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.”

Giving Looks Real Used Movement Court Moved Brands Shirts T Shirt Brand New Moved On Polo Real Freedom Time For A Change New Look I've Moved On

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“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.”

Knows Made Stills Morning Bed Calm Passionate Nervous Soccer Odd Tennis Anxious Playing Soccer

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“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.”

People Thinking Feels Littles Stills I Can Kids Speak Bits Media Little Bit Shy Better Now

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“I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.”

Bigs Next Winning Lost Sports Week Ready Victory Losing Calm Celebrate Tennis Tournaments

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“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.”

Knows I Can Bigs Deals Photograph Cinema Know Me Big Deal Supermarkets

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“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.”

Thinking Way Moments Courses Winning Depends Luck Tennis

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“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.”

Sometimes Problem Bits Difficult Depends Grass Tennis Transition Lottery

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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.”

Ifs Knows I Can Ends Able Games Winning Goal Healthy Tournaments

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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.”

Motivation Games Enjoy Goal Numbers Five Aspiration Always Be Happy

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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.”

Helping Technique Rely Tennis Aggressive Physique

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“You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.”

Knows Wells Kind Play Position Changed Illusion Tennis Ranking

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“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.”

Ifs Years Play Fun Boys Court Athlete Likes Having Fun

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

Enemy Losing Tennis Motivational Tennis

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

Way Running Moving Fighting Sports Findings Solutions Pressure Motivational Sports

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

Winning Dedication

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“I have no sense of humor about losing”

Losing Sense Of Humor

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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.”

People Thinking Two Doubt Arrogance Two Things

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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.”

Trying Hard Winning Enjoy Player Hard Work Glory

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“Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.”

Opinion Entitled

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“I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.”

Sea Fronts Beach

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“I played almost four hours today, ... Im very, very tired.”

Today Hours Four Tired

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“I dont have good luck in the match points.”

Luck Good Luck Match Point

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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.”

Self Kids Winning Loses Player Ready Easier Losing Tennis Self Control Winning And Losing You Can Win Tennis Player

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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.”

Ifs Believe I Can Practice Morning Illusion Wake Up Get Better Every Morning

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“I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.”

Wanted Felt Shorts

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“If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.”

Ifs Loses Ice Beach Clay

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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.”

Trying Important Enough Moments Motivation Careers Player Humility Important Things Good Moments

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“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.”

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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.”

Ifs Trying Littles Moments Happens Spirit Bits Sports Waiting Can Do Player Little Bit Solutions Better Than You

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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.”

Knows Way Loses Know How Humility Harder Beaten Avalanches

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“I play each point like my life depends on it.”

Play Depends Tennis Tennis Player Motivational Tennis

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

Ifs Thinking Knows Persons Sports Tennis Inspirational Sports Roger

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“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.”

Thinking Enough Player Tennis Best Players

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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.”

World Looks Important Player Dog Example Court Scared Nervous Fearless Upset Tennis Tennis Courts

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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.”

People Trying Believe Wells Hard Fun Sports Enjoy Goal Pay Hard Work Healthy Having Fun Competing Try Your Best Just For Fun

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“I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.”

Trying Running Fighting Winning Balls

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About the Author

Born: June 3, 1986
Known for: Tennis player
Quotes: 149

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