Rafael Nadal

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.

I cannot win this year but I can play good on grass

I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.

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.

Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it’s tough. The tour continues. Life continues. This is a sport of victories, not a sport of losses. Nobody remembers the losses. I don’t want to remember the loss.

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

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

That’s the hard part about sport: as men we haven’t started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

I’m ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed – I can’t do it. I’m clueless.

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

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

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

I go to the gym, I swim daily and from time to time I meet with friends and do extra-curricular stuff.

You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it’s the right thing to do out there.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

How does one control weight? By not overeating. How does one stay in shape? One plays sports. There are no magic pills here.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

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

I like fishing. Not actual fishing – I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It’s different.

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.