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We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

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Rafael Nadal
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: June 3
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.
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Something that works for one person could be a disadvantage to another.
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My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
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I will work day after day like I did my whole life ... I'm not going to change anything.
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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 love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
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I don't expect never an easy match. I always expect difficult matches.
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It is no longer enough to play very well. You need to be able to give an answer at all times and everywhere. You cannot hide. This has something to do with maturity, and that is something you only acquire over the years.
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I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.
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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.
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The bad thing about the [tennis] calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you want to achieve the most you can (and) go as high up (in the rankings) as you can, you have to play from the start to the finish because there are important tournaments from the beginning to the end.
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I have lived my whole life with high intensity.
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Seriously, I am not a person that I think much about what happened or what didn't happen or what could happen. I happy about the things that happened to me. I'm a lucky person, for sure, for all the things that happened to me during my life.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.
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