Rafael Nadal

I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.

If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don’t like.

I like fishing. Not actual fishing – I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It’s different.

The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

I admire a lot of people, but in terms of sport I’ve always loved the mentality of Tiger Woods on a golf course. I always love his eyes when he’s setting himself and focusing on his decision; he has a really strong, focused face and believes that he can make the shot.

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

You have to know how to defend yourself.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.

I can visualize the time when almost every family will have a small plane in their back yard.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way!

Everything has its limit – iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

A man always has two reasons for what he does-a good one, and the real one.

I don’t believe in killing whatever the reason!

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.

All heiresses are beautiful.

Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.