Rafael Nadal

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.

I need to improve, I want to improve, and to be able to stay in London and play on grass before Wimbledon is a very good opportunity for 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.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn’t know anything about tennis.

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

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.

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.

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 am going to fight for important things.

I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.

I normally listen to Spanish music – well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.

All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That’s also true of tennis; the ball is getting faster and faster.

More than anything, believe that you can win.

I became a player who goes to a lot of effort while training, who can rely on his will and his mental strengths.

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.

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

I have a lot of respect for Liverpool fans and what I did, the sign of silence – ‘shut your mouth’ – was not for them, it was for the English press.

If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.

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.