Rafael Nadal

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.

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

Something that works for one person could be a disadvantage to another.

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

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

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

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.

It’s important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

My serve can get better, for sure. It’s not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.

I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.

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

Always I believe that I can play better. But I am happy.

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

When one player is better than you, at this moment, the only thing you can do is work, try to find solutions and try to wait a little bit for your time. I’m going to wait and I’m going to try a sixth time. And if the sixth doesn’t happen, a seventh. It’s going to be like this. That’s the spirit of sport.

Money plays an important role in football but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in a small city and it could result in a draw – the excitement, the spirit, the atmosphere – that’s the real beauty of football in England.

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

Stay healthy, do sports and above all have fun while doing sport. Competing or just for fun, whatever, simply enjoy and try your best. Working hard, working well with achievable goals normally pays off. Believe in the people that are with you and listen to those who have more experience.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

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