Rafael Nadal Quotes

Losing is not my enemy, fear of losing is my enemy.
- Rafael Nadal

The secret is probably the passion and the love for what you are doing. It’s impossible to have a successful and very long career if you really don’t love what you do.
- Rafael Nadal

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

The thing that matters is how you recover from a set lost.
- Rafael Nadal

I’m lucky enough to do what I like for work – not everyone’s that fortunate.
- Rafael Nadal

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
- Rafael Nadal

It’s only a tennis match. At the end, that’s life. There are many more important things.
- Rafael Nadal

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.
- Rafael Nadal

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy.
- Rafael Nadal

If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.
- Rafael Nadal

No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.
- Rafael Nadal

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
- Rafael Nadal

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.
- Rafael Nadal

When you go on court against Roger…I go on court knowing that I am playing against a player that is unbelievable. What happened in the past probably will not help me. I take every match like a different history and every day is different.
- Rafael Nadal

I like a lot of sports. Especially football – it’s my favorite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.
- Rafael Nadal

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

Expectations don’t win matches, you do.
- Rafael Nadal

I have no sense of humor about losing.
- Rafael Nadal

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

Work hard. Have fun and make it happen.
- Rafael Nadal

You have to accept both losing and winning well. I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost.
- Rafael Nadal

In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
- Rafael Nadal