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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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Famous Rafael Nadal Quotes

“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.”

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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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“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.”

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“Today people hit the ball with much more strength. Almost every player is capable of playing a winning stroke from any position. This means the balls arrive more quickly. If you want to reach them, you have to slow down from a high speed or suddenly change direction. These are moments when you can injure yourself, and that's what wears us out.”

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“Most important thing, I am not a player who win the serves because I serve aces or free points, no. When I winning a lot of serves is because I am playing well from the baseline. That's why.”

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“I don't think about how going to be the match. I think about try to do the right things to win. I don't think about how easy can say or how tough can say. I go on court. I try my best.”

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“Win 10 times in an important event like Monte-Carlo is something difficult to describe the feeling. Every year have been a different feeling. At the same time is always a unique moment every time I have this trophy with me.”

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“Is always the motivation to play better and better. But I think we are in a very good way to keep winning matches. That's most important thing for me.”

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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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“There is some moments on the career of everyone that are important ones. Is obvious that first title on clay makes a big difference. After that, I was confident enough to keep going, winning in Barcelona, in Rome, then in Roland Garros.”

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“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.”

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

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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

Winning Dedication

Book:Rafa: My Story

Source: Rafa: My Story

“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.”

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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.”

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

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About the Author

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

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