Rafael Nadal

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

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one’s opponent, one’s conduct on the court.

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.

Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.

I am going to fight for important things.

No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.

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

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There’s no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.

For sure, I’m going to play less matches because I think it’s very difficult to win the same number of matches as last year. Maybe I’m going to play a little bit less, but I like playing tournaments; so if I feel good, I going to play for sure.

Some clubs are treated as devils, some are treated as angels.

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn’t thinking about the big picture. I didn’t notice what they said on television, I wasn’t reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical – I like the music. I saw ‘Mamma Mia;’ I saw ‘Les Miserables;’ I saw ‘Phantom of the Opera’ like six, seven times.

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

I am just like all the jerks and idiots you know. I am just a guy that watches sports all day.

The favorite is always the No. 1. I can win. Blake can win. But the favorite is the No. 1.

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

It is important to recognize the small successes.

With Almagro, boy, that’ll be a tough match. He’s playing at a very high level right now and he hits the ball hard.

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

Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.

Don’t think about being the number one in the world, try instead to get through today’s program as well as you can. Then we will see whether one day you’ll end up as number one or number 100.