Rafael Nadal Quotes About Tennis

Quotes about: Tennis

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Tennis, Enemy, Losing

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Thinking, Tennis

• I play each point like my life depends on it.

  Rafael Nadal

  Play, Tennis, Depends

• 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

  Kids, Winning, Player

• I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.

  Rafael Nadal

  Player, Thinking, Tennis

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Tennis, Important, Ends

• 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

  Soccer, Morning, Tennis

• 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

• Barcelona, the tournament is, for all the Spanish players, an amazing event. I think is one of the top events on tour because is a historic event with a lot of tradition. A lot of years of the tournament, a lot of great players have been playing there. And it's in a real tennis club.

  Rafael Nadal

  Real, Player, Thinking

  Source: rafael.nadal.over-blog.com

• 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.

• It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

  Rafael Nadal

  Basketball, Eye, Player

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Winning, Thinking, Tennis

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

• What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

  Rafael Nadal

  Tennis, Opponents, Court

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• 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

  Tennis, Transition, Problem

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Dog, Player, Tennis

• There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

  Rafael Nadal

  Wrestling, Self, Tennis

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Running, Games, Tennis

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Tennis, Technique, Helping

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Soccer, Player, Choices

  "Ask Rafa: send a question to Rafael Nadal". www.smh.com.au. January 31, 2012.

• Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.

  Rafael Nadal

  Player, People, Tennis

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

  Rafael Nadal

  Tennis, Tennis Courts, Court

  "Travel tips from tennis ace Rafael Nadal". www.cnn.com. May 13, 2013.

• 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.

  Rafael Nadal

  Play, Tennis, Ranking

  "The Illusionist" by Peter Bodo, www.tennis.com. June 03, 2011.

• The bad thing about the [tennis] calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you want to achieve the most you can (and) go as high up (in the rankings) as you can, you have to play from the start to the finish because there are important tournaments from the beginning to the end.

  Rafael Nadal

  Years, Play, Tennis

  Source: in.reuters.com

• Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.

  Rafael Nadal

  Beautiful, Thinking, Player

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• 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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