Rafael Nadal

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.

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

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.

I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.

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.

Stay healthy, do sports and above all have fun while doing sport. Competing or just for fun, whatever, simply enjoy and try your best. Working hard, working well with achievable goals normally pays off. Believe in the people that are with you and listen to those who have more experience.

Winning is a way of expressing yourself.

People who know me said I will win one or two Premierships and will not be interested after that. The reality is that we’ve won two Premierships but I’m more excited about this particular season than last year or the year before. I am a fan of special nature. I’m getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

Some clubs are treated as devils, some are treated as angels.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

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.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

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.

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.

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.

I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.

I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don’t I get my own team?

My feeling would be that you lose something of the beauty of the Premiership by joining something not defined at the moment.

The young athletes are supposed to mature, to improve their personality.

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.

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