Soderling Vs Nadal Quotes

When you think you are the king of the world, you are really stupid in my opinion because in this life every person is important. ~ Toni Nadal

The problem nowadays is that children have become too much the center of attention. Their parents, their families, everybody around them feels a need to put them on a pedestal. So much effort is invested in boosting their self-esteem that they are made to feel special in and of themselves, without having done anything. ~ Rafael Nadal

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

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. ~ Rafael Nadal

Always I believe that I can play better. But I am happy. ~ Rafael Nadal

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

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. ~ Rafael Nadal

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 ~ Rafael Nadal

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. ~ Rafael Nadal

reproachful - I've ~ Rafael Nadal

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. ~ Rafael Nadal

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

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

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

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

It's the same old story, all you think about is money. ~ Rafael Nadal

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

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

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

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. ~ Rafael Nadal

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

Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions. ~ Rafael Nadal

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

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

I think the doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things: arrogance or not intelligence. ~ Rafael Nadal

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

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

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 see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age. ~ Brad Gilbert

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

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

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

Humility is the recognition of your limitations, and it is from this understanding, and this understanding alone, that the drive comes to work hard at overcoming them. ~ John Carlin, Rafael Nadal

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

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

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

One of Nadal's strengths is that he's so humble, that he's surprised at what he has achieved, and that he has never bought into his greatness. ~ Jim Courier

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

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

Roger Federer certainly is my claim to be the best of all time - if there is such a thing. With Rafael Nadal not far behind, ~ Rod Laver

I like pros, especially when it comes to tennis and rent boys" - and here I'm really wondering if the pun on prose consolidates Bruce's feeling toward it versus poetry under the sign of sex, which Bruce sometimes pays for, in order to direct us toward the pleasure of its use-function when monetised, a pleasure seldom associated with poetry, and one that might lead to the company of more pros. He continues: "If I can get a twofer, and the trick looks like Rafael Nadal, I'm in heaven. ~ Andrew Durbin

I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100. ~ Rafael Nadal

During a match, you are in a permanent battle to fight back your everyday vulnerabilities, bottle up your human feelings. It's a kind of self-hypnosis, a game you play, with deadly seriousness, to disguise your own weaknesses from yourself, as well as from your rival. ~ Rafael Nadal I Farreras

If you watch Rafael Nadal play tennis, you can only respond with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point. Words fail to come out of me to describe his game appropriately. I've rarely seen anyone who approaches a ball with so much attention. With such passion and joy that it makes great fun to watch him. With him, you can associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful. ~ Steffi Graf

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. ~ Rafael Nadal

Sports is about balls and about heart and you don't find too many champions in any sport in the world without heart or balls. He might have them, but against Nadal they shrink to a very small size and it's not once, it's every time. ~ Mats Wilander

I'm really, really emotional. ~ Rafael Nadal