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Rafael Nadal
Spanish
Athlete
Born:
Jun 3
,
1986
Always
Am
Important
Life
Me
You
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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.
Rafael Nadal
Work
Day
Happy
Every Day
Work Hard
Better
Before
Enjoy
Every
Winning
Better Player
Practicing
Glory
Than
Trying
Being
Being Happy
Hard
Enjoying
Player
Here
I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.
Rafael Nadal
Peace
Like
Fishing
Quiet
Being
Different
Sea
Peace And Quiet
Actual
I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
Rafael Nadal
Life
Love
My Life
Live
All My Life
Beach
Within
Front
Sea
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.
Rafael Nadal
You
Win
Losing
Lose
Older
Kid
Easier
Both
Winning
Tennis
Tennis Player
Self-Control
Ready
Get
Player
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.
Rafael Nadal
Positive
Best
You
Fight
Try
Finished
Lose
Lost
Nothing
Changed
Negativity
Those
Locker
Locker Room
Would
See
Something
Only
Smash
Still
Came
Up
Five
Break
Room
Your
Things
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.
Rafael Nadal
Good
Me
Game
People
Confused
Better
Slow
Some People
Aggressive
Think
Faster
Defence
Spin
Some
About
More
Because
Court
Opponents
Very
Get
Painful
Works
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.
Rafael Nadal
Love
You
Love Is
People
Calm
Down
Sets
Worried
Though
Out
Stay
Stay Calm
Because
To Love
Hard
Even
Thing
Two
I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
Rafael Nadal
Suffering
Enjoy
Learned
Career
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.
Rafael Nadal
Life
Buy
You
Happy
Once
Risk
Only
Am
Lot
Normally
Being
Cannot
Avoid
Things
Here
Appreciate
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
Rafael Nadal
Win
Long
Argument
Lose
Rather
Than
Discussion
Get
Order
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.
Rafael Nadal
Work
Important
Finally
Most
Most Important Thing
Always
Important Thing
Goal
Improve
Person
The Most Important
Thing
Player
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.
Rafael Nadal
Life
Alone
Home
Me
Nervous
Face
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Bit
TV
About
Tennis
Lights
Makes
Bed
Yes
Very
Brave
Going
Being
Anything
Night
Sofa
Sleep
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.
Rafael Nadal
Love
Eyes
People
Strong
Decision
Face
Setting
Focused
Focusing
Admire
Mentality
He
Terms
Sport
Make
Himself
Course
Tiger
Tiger Woods
Always
His
Lot
Woods
Loved
Golf
Golf Course
Shot
Really
Believes
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.
Rafael Nadal
Change
Win
Try
Aggressive
Speed
Gears
See
Up
Very
Going
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.
Rafael Nadal
You
Celebrate
Losing
Big
Calm
Lost
Few
Down
Every
Too
Stayed
Winning
Week
Tennis
Tournament
Tournaments
Days
Sport
Ready
Lot
Get
Where
Cannot
Victories
Next
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.
Rafael Nadal
Business
Negative
Grass
Easier
Per
Clay
Wrong
Know
Sport
Sure
Am
Courts
Very
Than
Cent
Creating
Body
Hard
I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
Rafael Nadal
Right-Handed
Eat
Tennis
Clueless
Playing
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.
Rafael Nadal
Day
Morning
Better
Wake Up
Illusion
Practice
Believe
Every
Go
Wake
Up
Improve
Get
Going
Even
Peaked
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.
Rafael Nadal
Good
Family
Me
Relationship
Feel Good
Important
Changed
Never
Feel
Make
Because
Always
Won
Friends
Very
Friends And Family
Famous
Started
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.
Rafael Nadal
Home
Me
Tired
You
Travel
Age
Bit
Stay
Stay-At-Home
Some
More
Only
Feel
Days
Like
Normal
Get
Want
Little
Little Bit
Moment
Started
Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.
Rafael Nadal
Life
Important
Important Things
More
Only
Tennis
Match
End
Much
Things
You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
Rafael Nadal
You
Try
Focus
Tough
Right Thing
Out
Boring
Point
Sounds
Just
The Right Thing
Play
Right
Thing
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.
Rafael Nadal
Best
Great
Me
Months
Unbelievable
Clay
Court
Were
Season
Four
Last
Playing
Career
I'm really, really emotional.
Rafael Nadal
Emotional
Really
I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
Rafael Nadal
Faith
Myself
Me
To Be Honest
Those
Had
Always
Wanted
Who
Honest
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.
Rafael Nadal
Daily
You
Pressure
Every
Think
Focused
Find
Percent
Week
Rituals
Doing
Your
Play
Compete
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