“Expectations don’t win matches, you do.” ― Rafael Nadal
“Endure – put up with whatever comes your way, learn to overcome weakness and pain, push yourself to breaking point but never cave in. If you don’t learn that lesson, you’ll never succeed as an elite athlete.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it’s a soccer match with friends or golf.
“Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you wish them to be. And then looking ahead, and not behind.” ― Rafael Nadal
“Work hard. Have fun and make it happen.” ― 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 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 – Rafael Nadal Quotes
“No one remembers defeats. People remember victories.” ― Rafael Nadal
“My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?”
“I am the only player who can beat me.” ― 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 am going to get better that day.” ― Rafael Nadal
“If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.” ― Rafael Nadal
“The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I’m lucky enough to do what I like for work – not everyone’s that fortunate.” ― Rafael Nadal
“For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.” ― Rafael Nadal
“However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own.” ― 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
“It’s not the time to look for excuses.” ― 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
“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
“I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.” ― Rafael Nadal
“The first point is always important, more so in a Wimbledon final.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.” ― Rafael Nadal
“No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.” ― Rafael Nadal
“If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn’t know anything about tennis.” ― Rafael Nadal
“However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own” ― 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 has changed. You’ve still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.” ― 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 play each point like my life depends on it.” ― Rafael Nadal
“If you lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.” ― Rafael Nadal
“The thing, when you are down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it’s hard.” ― Rafael Nadal
“My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I’m lucky enough to do what I like for work – not everyone’s that fortunate.” ― Rafael Nadal
“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.” ― Rafael Nadal
“More than anything, believe that you can win.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I have lived my whole life with high intensity.” ― Rafael Nadal
“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.” ― Rafael Nadal
“Tennis is all about dedication, motivation and the will to win.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I have no sense of humor about losing.” ― Rafael Nadal
“It’s important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are 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
“Losing is not my enemy, fear of losing is my enemy.” ― Rafael Nadal
“Everything I dreamed of winning, I’ve won, and nobody will take it away.” ― Rafael Nadal
“That’s painful always to lose.” ― 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.” ― Rafael Nadal
“I learned during my career to enjoy suffering.” ― Rafael Nadal
“You need to love what you are doing and appreciate every moment.” ― Rafael Nadal
“When one gets beaten by somebody better, one has to know how to lose with humility. Sure, I could have served better. Sure, I could have hit my forehand harder. But the truth was this was like an avalanche, and there was no way to stop it.” ― Rafael Nadal
“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.” ― Rafael Nadal
