Rafael Nadal

More than anything, believe that you can win.

Is more for precaution. You don’t know tomorrow what’s happen, no? But now I am happy because I don’t feel too much pain. But I can finish the match, so that’s a good sign.

I feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I’m playing in New York.

It was a very unbelievable day for me. It’s special to begin the clay season like this. Beating Roger in the final is even more special, it’s great.

I’m lucky enough to do what I like for work – not everyone’s that fortunate.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it’s just a great month of parading.

I don’t really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I’m not going to start now.

Gaudio is playing very well. Today he played at an incredible level, especially on his backhand. But I am only thinking of my own game, and of playing well.

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.

Since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general … But tennis is my passion.

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.

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

Certainly I would like to have some of the qualities of other players and obviously from Roger Federer. But believe me, there are plenty of other abilities that are important, particularly mindset and strength.

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

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.

Some people get very confused about my game. They think it’s better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.

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

Money plays an important role in football but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in a small city and it could result in a draw – the excitement, the spirit, the atmosphere – that’s the real beauty of football in England.

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.

I am just like all the jerks and idiots you know. I am just a guy that watches sports all day.