Rafael Nadal

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

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?

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

I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

The first match is never easy. To play three sets with some important moments, that’s important for the confidence.

Confidence is the most important thing in this sport, and the confidence from winning Wimbledon would make it easier to win the Olympics, too. Either would be very difficult, both even more-but the player who wins Wimbledon will be the favorite for the Olympics. It can happen.

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

It’s important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?

I drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don’t remember the games I won, only the games I lost.

The only thing I had on my mind was tennis, and sometimes girls,… My life was all about tennis. My office was the whole world. The word home didn’t really exist.

You can swim any way you like in the Dead Sea, actually.

I am going to fight for important things.

I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.

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.

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn’t thinking about the big picture. I didn’t notice what they said on television, I wasn’t reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

Today people hit the ball with much more strength. Almost every player is capable of playing a winning stroke from any position. This means the balls arrive more quickly. If you want to reach them, you have to slow down from a high speed or suddenly change direction. These are moments when you can injure yourself, and that’s what wears us out.

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.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

When one player is better than you, at this moment, the only thing you can do is work, try to find solutions and try to wait a little bit for your time. I’m going to wait and I’m going to try a sixth time. And if the sixth doesn’t happen, a seventh. It’s going to be like this. That’s the spirit of sport.

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can’t do every dream that I have.