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 Read Quote
As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both – winning and losing – get easier. Rafael Nadal Read Quote
I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don’t want to – I just want to be at home with my family. Rafael Nadal Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last. Rafael Nadal Read Quote
In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day – no photographs. Rafael Nadal Read Quote
I’d rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it. Rafael Nadal Read Quote
Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I’m at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa – I can’t face going to bed. I’m there with the TV on and all the lights on. I’m not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very. Rafael Nadal Read Quote