Quote

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.

Rafael Nadal

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Rafael Nadal
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: June 3
Model
Tennis Player
Rafael Nadal Parera
Rafa Nadal
Rafa
Better
English
Little
Media
Feel
Bits
Feels
Speak
Think
Kids
Thinking
Stills
People
Still
Improved
Littles
Shy

More quotes by Rafael Nadal

Image
It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.
Rafael Nadal
Image
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
Image
Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.
Rafael Nadal
Image
My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.
Rafael Nadal
Image
When one player is better than you, at this moment, the only thing you can do is work, try to find solutions and try to wait a little bit for your time. I'm going to wait and I'm going to try a sixth time. And if the sixth doesn't happen, a seventh. It's going to be like this. That's the spirit of sport.
Rafael Nadal
Image
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.
Rafael Nadal
Image
My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
Rafael Nadal
Image
I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.
Rafael Nadal
Image
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.
Rafael Nadal
Image
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.
Rafael Nadal
Image
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.
Rafael Nadal
Image
I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a 19 year old boy that likes to do what he likes, nothing else.
Rafael Nadal
Image
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
Image
Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.
Rafael Nadal
Image
It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.
Rafael Nadal
Image
If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions.
Rafael Nadal
Image
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.
Rafael Nadal
Image
I am going to fight for important things.
Rafael Nadal
Image
It is important to recognize the small successes.
Rafael Nadal
Image
Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life continues. This is a sport of victories, not a sport of losses. Nobody remembers the losses. I don't want to remember the loss.
Rafael Nadal