Rafael Nadal

I’d rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

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

However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own

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 have the same bedroom I’ve always had. It’s clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.

It should not be a child’s only goal to become the best player in the world. That would be a bad, a harmful attitude.

Tennis has to be very careful.Not everyone is a computer, it is very good we have John McEnroe. I hope we have a couple more.

I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I’ve started to choose my own things from time to time.

You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you don’t have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when you’ve finished, nothing’s changed. You’ve still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.

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

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’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.

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.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you’re doing.

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

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 swim almost every day, a thousand meters.

Always I believe that I can play better. But I am happy.

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

I have the same bedroom I’ve always had. It’s clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.

I only ever run when there’s some point to it – say, if it’s in a game of tennis.