Rafael Nadal Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Thinking, Tennis

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Running, Moving

  "Barely 19, He's Got Game, Looks and Remarkably Good Manners" by Christopher Clarey, www.nytimes.com. June 6, 2005.

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Player, Waiting

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Fun, Believe

• Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Play, Aggressive

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Golf, Practice

  Interview with Victoria Coren, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 25, 2012.

• 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

  Sports, Creating, Clay

• 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

  Sports, Strong, Believe

  Interview with Victoria Coren, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 25, 2012.

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Football, Uncles

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Winning, Player

• 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

  Sports, Winning, Tennis

  Interview with Victoria Coren, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 25, 2012.

• Since I was a kid, I've wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general ... But tennis is my passion.

  Rafael Nadal

  Soccer, Sports, Passion

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Tennis, Balls

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Loss, Winning

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Years, Play

  "Rafael Nadal: 'For everybody there are tough moments. This year, mine came'". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2009.

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