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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

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Rafael Nadal
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: June 3
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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.
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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.
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I played almost four hours today, ... Im very, very tired.
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You have to accept both losing and winning well. I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost.
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Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.
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I'm delighted and feel incredibly happy with what have been an amazing two months.
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What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.
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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.
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I don't think about how going to be the match. I think about try to do the right things to win. I don't think about how easy can say or how tough can say. I go on court. I try my best.
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I became a player who goes to a lot of effort while training, who can rely on his will and his mental strengths.
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If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.
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It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.
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I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.
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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.
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If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.
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I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
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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.
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