Rafael Nadal

If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.

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.

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

My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that’s the truth. And my goal is the same – it’s to always be happy playing, it’s to enjoy the game and improve always.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

I’m only superstitious on the tennis court.

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

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.

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn’t say that it’s more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don’t pretend that.

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 cannot win this year but I can play good on grass

Andre Sa is playing close to his potential – maybe even above it.

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

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play.

Thats the hard part about sport: as men we havent started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

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

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

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

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.

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