Rafael Nadal (born June 3, 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked No. 1 in the world.
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- If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.
- To be honest, I haven't felt at my best since this tournament began. I didn't feel good with the court or the balls. But those are excuses. You have to accept when you don't play well and somebody else does.
- After losing to James Blake at the US Open
- I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.
- After changing his famous "piratas" trousers for a more traditional look at the Madrid Masters
- It's impossible to explain what I felt in that moment, just very, very happy to win this title. For me, it is a dream to play in this tournament. But to win, I never imagined something like this.
- After beating five time champion Roger Federer in the 2008 Men's Wimbledon Final
- Did you see the speed of the ball or not?
About Nadal
- He's a fantastic player and he's going to be around so much longer so I'm happy with every one I get before he takes them all
- I felt like what I saw was the old classic Rafa on clay hardly losing sets and matches. That's what we got from him. That's why it's going to be incredibly hard to beat him here at Wimbledon.
- 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!!!
- Mats Wilander in a video about Nadal's comeback in the year 2010 in which he won three consecutive grand slams.
- "He has never broken a racket in anger. It would be showing a lack of respect to people who actually have to buy the equipment to play the sport."
- "He is like a beast, an animal, on the court. He's very strong and he's very well prepared."
- "Almagro … is a guy that's won like 11, 12, clay court titles, won them all on clay. The guy's very, very good clay-court player.I don't think he's ever played better than he played - and he still can't win a set. Like how discouraging it is to play Nadal on this surface.Ah, God, I have seen him a thousand times. I just watch this guy and it's hard to even know where to begin to pick one thing.The way he's improved his game, like his serve, the parts of his game where he can move forward, his volley, the defensive ability he's got to track down balls and just make you play extra shots.And the way he sort of slides into balls and puts away a shot - shots that seem like impossible when I was playing - it was unheard of."
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