Hes having a great season, one of the best of his career, if not the best, i need to be playing well. I think today I played better than yesterday, so I hope tomorrow I continue with this improvement. Thats what I need if I want to keep having chances to be through.

Rafael Nadal

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Everybody likes to say that Roger Federer is the Greatest Player of all time because its so nice to watch him play...but you have got to throw in Nadal's Mind as well...and That's the GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!

Rafael Nadal

nice player mind

I think is about confidence. Is about doing the right things. Is about being healthy. Is not about if I want to work or if I don't want to work. Is about if I can work or if I can't work.

Rafael Nadal

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I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.

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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.

Rafael Nadal

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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.

Rafael Nadal

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

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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.

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

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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.

Rafael Nadal

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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.

Rafael Nadal

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I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

Rafael Nadal

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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.

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athlete fun boys

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

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I am going to fight for important things.

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It's the same old story, all you think about is money.

Rafael Nadal

stories thinking

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

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difficult hundred winning

I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.

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world

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.

Rafael Nadal

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Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.

Rafael Nadal

confused games thinking

It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.

Rafael Nadal

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