Quotes from Rafael Nadal

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.

I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.

I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not 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.

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.

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

I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.

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

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.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

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.

I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.

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.

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.

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.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.

It's not the time to look for excuses.