Rafael Nadal

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.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn’t know anything about tennis.

I don’t have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.

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

The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the relationship never changed with my friends and family.

It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

Please don’t call me arrogant, but I’m European champion and I think I’m a special one.

Certainly I would like to have some of the qualities of other players and obviously from Roger Federer. But believe me, there are plenty of other abilities that are important, particularly mindset and strength.

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

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

For sure, with golf it’s not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That’s what makes tennis great – you combine both things. It’s a very mental sport and at the same time can be dramatically physical. But I do admire the mentality of sport more than the physicality because physical performance is much easier to practice than mental performance.

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

Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.

Sport has the power to change the world.

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

I’m only superstitious on the tennis court.

I’m getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

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.

Because, to give a goal, the ball must be 100% in and he must be 100% sure that the ball is in.

If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions.