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Rafael Nadal Quotes

Rafal Nadal signs autographs
( Photo credit: Art Seitz ©2009 )


July 5, 2011: "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."
— Rafael Nadal, both philosophical and determined about reversing the trend in which he’s lost five straight matches on three different surfaces to new world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
June 8, 2011: "I’m so impressed with what he’s able to do mentally and physically. It’s jaw-dropping to watch him play on this surface. Borg was always this god on this surface; no one believed that they could beat him. But given the depth of the field today, for Rafa to be as dominant as Borg is unfathomable, and we’re just lucky to see it. I have a hard time imagining how you beat this guy on this surface."
— Jim Courier, the 1991-1992 French Open champion, and now a TV analyst, on Rafael Nadal’s winning his sixth French Open crown.
January 20, 2011: "When you have bodyguards, everything is more difficult. That’s when people recognize you. When you go normal, it’s easier to go out without problems, people are respectful."
— Rafael Nadal, one of sport’s most normal and reluctant superstars, in Sports Illustrated.
January 28 , 2008: "When one gets beaten by somebody better, one has to know how to lose with humility. Sure, I could have served better. Sure, I could have hit my forehand harder. But the truth was this was like an avalanche, and there was no way to stop it."
— Rafael Nadal, impressed with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after the unseeded Frenchman routed him 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in the Australian Open semis.


 






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