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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 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.
Rafael Nadal
Life
Home
Relax
Back
Finish
Tournament
Come
Know
Because
Am
Doing
Fishing
Normal
Normal Life
Very
Going
Want
Golf
Lucky
Playing
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
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.
Rafael Nadal
Time
You
Problem
Sometimes
Grass
Difficult
Bit
Mental
More
Tennis
How
How Much
How Much Time
Lottery
Than
Depends
Transition
Much
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
My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
Rafael Nadal
Better
Positioning
Speed
Spin
About
Variation
Sure
Get
Just
Serve
Bombs
Serving
I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.
Rafael Nadal
Better
Live
Would
Like
Sure
Am
Where
Spain
Places
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.
Rafael Nadal
Game
Win
Healthy
Stay
Able
Tournaments
Counts
Know
Goal
End
Improve
In The End
Which
Competitive
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.
Rafael Nadal
Truth
Game
Be Happy
Happy
Enjoy
Always
Motivation
Goal
Five
Improve
Same
Being
Aspiration
Playing
Number
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.
Rafael Nadal
You
Old
Men
Never
Like
Disaster
Look
Tattoo
Just
Them
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.
Rafael Nadal
Myself
Day
Me
Cinema
Big
Everyone
All Day
No Big Deal
Photographs
Supermarket
Knows
Deal
Am
Big Deal
Go
Just
No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.
Rafael Nadal
Stupid
Everybody
Perfect
No-One
Does
Things
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.
Rafael Nadal
Life
Me
Change
World
Made
My Life
Parents
Tough
Important
Month
Wimbledon
Outside
Divorce
Affected
After
Play
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.
Rafael Nadal
Time
Morning
Me
Made
Nervous
Calm
Though
Out
About
More
Tennis
Days
Know
Match
Always
Bed
Am
Still
Odd
Passionate
Than
Anxious
Soccer
Much
Why
Playing
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