Rafael Nadal quotes:

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.

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.

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.

I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.

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.

No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.

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.

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.

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.

The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.

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.

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.

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 my humble opinion, change is stupid.

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.

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.

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.

I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.

If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.

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.

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

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

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.

It's not the time to look for excuses.

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.

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.

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

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.

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

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

Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.

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.

I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.

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.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.

To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.

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 dont have good luck in the match points.

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

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!!!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.

I have no sense of humor about losing

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.

My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.

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.

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.

I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.

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

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.

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.

I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.

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.

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.

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.

If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.

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.

I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.

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.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.

I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I've started to choose my own things from time to time.

I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.

I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.

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.

I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

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

All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That's also true of tennis; the ball is getting faster and faster.

Always I believe that I can play better. But I am happy.

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

Certainly I would like to have some of the qualities of other players and obviously from Roger Federer. But believe me, there are plenty of other abilities that are important, particularly mindset and strength.

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.

Don't think about being the number one in the world, try instead to get through today's program as well as you can. Then we will see whether one day you'll end up as number one or number 100.

Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.

Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.

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.

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

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship - all these things shaped me too.

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

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.

I am going to fight for important things.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.

I became a player who goes to a lot of effort while training, who can rely on his will and his mental strengths.

I do notice that I am tired.

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

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 feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I'm playing in New York.

I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.

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.

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

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.

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.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

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

I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.

I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.

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.

I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

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,

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.

If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions.