Rafael Nadal

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.

For sure, I’m going to play less matches because I think it’s very difficult to win the same number of matches as last year. Maybe I’m going to play a little bit less, but I like playing tournaments; so if I feel good, I going to play for sure.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

It’s more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one’s opponent, one’s conduct on the court.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you’re doing.

Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.

Where do you go when you’re the best in the world? What’s next?

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

More than anything, believe that you can win.

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

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

I haven’t lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

[on Roman Abramovich] We were never friends – José Mourinho

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.

The thing, when you’re down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it’s hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

I have no sense of humor about losing