Rafael Nadal

I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.

I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.

I didn’t play a great match, but once I pass the first two rounds, things get easier. I’m used to the court and the conditions.

My serve can get better, for sure. It’s not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.

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

Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I’m at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa – I can’t face going to bed. I’m there with the TV on and all the lights on. I’m not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very.

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

Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

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

You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.

It’s already a great feeling to be third on the list. To get past Borg, I will have to reach the final in Barcelona next week. It won?t be easy. I could lose any day. But if I am 100 per cent I know I have a great chance of winning.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game – and do it by watching some high school or small-town teams.

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

I’ve stayed calm when I’m winning and I’ve stayed calm when I’ve lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can’t celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you’re losing, as in a few days you’ll be in the next tournament and you’ll have to be ready with that.

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.

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

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.

Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don’t just react but are able to act and think.

The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you dont have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when youve finished, nothings changed. Youve still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.