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It is important to recognize the small successes.

Rafael Nadal

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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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If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.
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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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That's painful always to lose.
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I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
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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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The US player Andy Roddick reaches speeds of 220 kilometers per hour when he serves. If I train with him every day, I will later be at an advantage against a player whose service crosses the net at 190 kilometers per hour.
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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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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.
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Everybody is doing the best things possible to still healthy and to play as long as possible.
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What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.
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I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.
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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.
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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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I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.
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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
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My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.
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Most important thing, I am not a player who win the serves because I serve aces or free points, no. When I winning a lot of serves is because I am playing well from the baseline. That's why.
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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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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.
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