Quotes from Rafael Nadal

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.

That's painful always to lose.

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.

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.

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.

I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.

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.

I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.

I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers...

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

Is always the motivation to play better and better. But I think we are in a very good way to keep winning matches. That's most important thing for me.

When you get older, if you are healthy, is not a problem. If you don't have the health, then you go home.

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.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.

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.

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

I play each point like my life depends on it.

I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.

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.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

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

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

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