The US player Andy Roddick reaches speeds of 220 kilometers per hour when he serves. If I train with him every day, I will later be at an advantage against a player whose service crosses the net at 190 kilometers per hour. Rafael Nadal More Quotes by Rafael Nadal More Quotes From Rafael Nadal 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 doing-the-right-thing healthy thinking I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball. Rafael Nadal fighting winning running 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 ranking tennis play 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 passion soccer sports I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no. Rafael Nadal idols hero 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. Rafael Nadal tennis technique helping I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day. Rafael Nadal tomorrow 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 tennis morning soccer 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 focus play trying 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 passion golf soccer 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. Rafael Nadal athlete fun boys I'm only superstitious on the tennis court. Rafael Nadal tennis-courts court tennis I am going to fight for important things. Rafael Nadal important-things fighting important 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. Rafael Nadal difficult hundred winning I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100. Rafael Nadal 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 mother home two 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 god-exists difficult believe The bad thing about the [tennis] calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you want to achieve the most you can (and) go as high up (in the rankings) as you can, you have to play from the start to the finish because there are important tournaments from the beginning to the end. Rafael Nadal tennis play years
