Quotes from 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.

My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.

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.

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.

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.

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.

Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.

I dont have good luck in the match points.

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.

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.

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

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

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.

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.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don't like.

I think is about confidence. Is about doing the right things. Is about being healthy. Is not about if I want to work or if I don't want to work. Is about if I can work or if I can't work.

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

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

If you are healthy, you can work. If you can work, then the chances of success are higher.

No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.

In my humble opinion, change is stupid.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.

If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.