Rafael Nadal

I feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I’m playing in New York.

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.

More than anything, believe that you can win.

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship – all these things shaped me too.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

I always think about victory. It was very important for me to stay in this final. If I play my best I have a chance (against Federer). I’m going to play aggressively, with determination.

I play because I have fun, if I don’t have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a 19 year old boy that likes to do what he likes, nothing else.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

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.

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

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

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.

I don’t really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I’m not going to start now.

Since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general … But tennis is my passion.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

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.

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

My parents’ divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.

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

I swim almost every day, a thousand meters.

[on Roman Abramovich] We were never friends – José Mourinho