Rafael Nadal

The thing, when you’re down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it’s hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.

I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within – in front of the sea.

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

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it’s a soccer match with friends or golf.

I haven’t lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

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

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don’t like.

I don’t think we are so ugly that we should be seen as the devil and I don’t think Arsene Wenger and David Dein are so beautiful that they should be viewed as angels.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

Gaudio is playing very well. Today he played at an incredible level, especially on his backhand. But I am only thinking of my own game, and of playing well.

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

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

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

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.

I have no sense of humor about losing

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

In your career you have a lot of good moments and bad ones. The important thing is to have enough motivation to keep working all the days with humility and trying to be a better player than before. I am going to try to continue doing this.