--- title: "23 Important Quotes By Rafael Nadal" description: "23 Important quotes by Rafael Nadal. Plus more from Rafael Nadal and more Important sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/rafael-nadal-1804_fight_i-am-going-to-fight-for-important-things_301050.png" --- > [I am going to fight for important things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-am-going-to-fight-for-important-things/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/rafael-nadal-1804_fight_i-am-going-to-fight-for-important-things_301050.png) > [It is important to recognize the small successes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/it-is-important-to-recognize-the-small-successes/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/rafael-nadal-1804_important_it-is-important-to-recognize-the-small-s_178719.png) > [What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/what-happened-happened-important-thing-is-what-can-come/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/rafael-nadal-1804_happened_what-happened-happened-important-thing-i_1743868.png) > [My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/my-parents-divorce-made-an-important-change-in-my-life-it-affected-me/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/rafael-nadal-1804_affected_my-parents-divorce-made-an-important-cha_322678.png) > [For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/for-me-it-is-important-to-win-titles-and-for-that-i-need-to-work-hard/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/rafael-nadal-1804_able_for-me-it-is-important-to-win-titles-and_171424.png) > [I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-always-had-the-theory-that-the-most-important-thing-is-be-happy/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/rafael-nadal-1804_always_i-always-had-the-theory-that-the-most-im_2647840.png) > [I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-think-the-tennis-is-only-a-game-you-can-lose-you-can-win-after-that/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/rafael-nadal-1804_after_i-think-the-tennis-is-only-a-game-you-ca_799332.png) > [Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/is-only-a-tennis-match-at-the-end-that-s-life-there-is-much-more/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/rafael-nadal-1804_end_is-only-a-tennis-match-at-the-end-that-s_1757871.png) > [Is always the motivation to play better and better. But I think we are in a very good way to keep winning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/is-always-the-motivation-to-play-better-and-better-but-i-think-we-are/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/rafael-nadal-1804_important_is-always-the-motivation-to-play-better_896907.png) > [I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-always-work-with-a-goal-and-the-goal-is-to-improve-as-a-player-and/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/rafael-nadal-1804_always_i-always-work-with-a-goal-and-the-goal-i_1332167.png) > [The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/the-family-is-very-important-they-make-me-feel-good-always-because-if/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/rafael-nadal-1804_always_the-family-is-very-important-they-make-m_1703464.png) > [I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-am-afraid-of-a-lot-of-things-a-dog-i-could-be-afraid-of-a-dog-that/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/rafael-nadal-1804_afraid_i-am-afraid-of-a-lot-of-things-a-dog-i-c_1466796.jpg) > [Win 10 times in an important event like Monte-Carlo is something difficult to describe the feeling. Every year have been a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/win-10-times-in-an-important-event-like-monte-carlo-is-something/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/rafael-nadal-1804_different_win-10-times-in-an-important-event-like_3205211.png) > [It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/it-s-important-to-have-people-around-you-with-enough-confidence-to/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/rafael-nadal-1804_act_it-s-important-to-have-people-around-you_1595223.jpg) > [For me, that's the most important thing, feel myself happy when I am playing. If I am healthy and I feel myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/for-me-that-s-the-most-important-thing-feel-myself-happy-when-i-am/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/rafael-nadal-1804_healthy_for-me-that-s-the-most-important-thing-f_3053003.png) > [Certainly I would like to have some of the qualities of other players and obviously from Roger Federer. But believe me, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/certainly-i-would-like-to-have-some-of-the-qualities-of-other-players/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/rafael-nadal-1804_ability_certainly-i-would-like-to-have-some-of-t_3000908.png) > [Most important thing, I am not a player who win the serves because I serve aces or free points, no. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/most-important-thing-i-am-not-a-player-who-win-the-serves-because-i/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/rafael-nadal-1804_aces_most-important-thing-i-am-not-a-player-w_2654836.png) > [It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/it-s-important-for-the-young-players-to-practice-other-ball-games-as/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/rafael-nadal-1804_ball-game_it-s-important-for-the-young-players-to_1047422.png) > [In your career you have a lot of good moments and bad ones. The important thing is to have enough motivation to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/in-your-career-you-have-a-lot-of-good-moments-and-bad-ones-the/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/rafael-nadal-1804_better-player_in-your-career-you-have-a-lot-of-good-mo_499976.png) > [ The bad thing about the \[tennis\] calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/the-bad-thing-about-the-tennis-calendar-is-how-it-is-made-and/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/rafael-nadal-1804_achieve_the-bad-thing-about-the-tennis-calendar_786008.png) > [There is some moments on the career of everyone that are important ones. Is obvious that first title on clay makes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/there-is-some-moments-on-the-career-of-everyone-that-are-important/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/rafael-nadal-1804_enough_there-is-some-moments-on-the-career-of-e_860705.png) > [Confidence is the most important thing in this sport, and the confidence from winning Wimbledon would make it easier to win the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/confidence-is-the-most-important-thing-in-this-sport-and-the/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/rafael-nadal-1804_confidence_confidence-is-the-most-important-thing-i_677273.jpg) > [My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/my-parents-divorce-made-an-important-change-in-my-life-it-affected-me-2/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/rafael-nadal-1804_affected_my-parents-divorce-made-an-important-cha_2943667.png) ## Other authors on Important ## More by Rafael Nadal > [I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-am-no-8-in-the-world-i-am-not-no-100/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-am-happy-with-being-a-tennis-player-and-the-choice-i-took-when-i/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [Nobody can ask me more when I try all my best all the time, no? So, you know, if I lose another time in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/nobody-can-ask-me-more-when-i-try-all-my-best-all-the-time-no-so-you/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/the-only-way-of-finding-a-solution-is-to-fight-back-to-move-to-run/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/my-tennis-is-aggressive-though-i-wouldn-t-say-that-it-s-more-physical/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-think-when-you-compete-every-week-when-you-play-under-pressure/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/you-have-to-accept-both-losing-and-winning-well-i-ve-stayed-calm-when/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-take-pleasure-in-tennis-and-the-hope-that-it-requires/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [It's the same old story, all you think about is money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/it-s-the-same-old-story-all-you-think-about-is-money/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That's also true of tennis; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/all-sports-are-continuously-developing-but-what-they-all-have-in/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I'm at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/being-home-alone-at-night-makes-me-a-bit-nervous-if-i-m-at-home-alone/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/my-motivation-and-aspiration-is-the-same-being-number-one-or-being/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [The pressure is the same every year. I am here because I try my best every day and because I have a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/the-pressure-is-the-same-every-year-i-am-here-because-i-try-my-best/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-am-lucky-because-my-family-are-comfortably-off-my-father-has-his/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) > [For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/for-me-it-is-important-to-win-titles-and-for-that-i-need-to-work-hard/) [Rafael Nadal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-nadal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/important/rafael-nadal/#itemlist", "name": "23 Important Quotes By Rafael Nadal", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am going to fight for important things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rafael Nadal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/i-am-going-to-fight-for-important-things/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/rafael-nadal-1804_fight_i-am-going-to-fight-for-important-things_301050.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/rafael-nadal-1804_fight_i-am-going-to-fight-for-important-things_301050.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/rafael-nadal-1804_fight_i-am-going-to-fight-for-important-things_301050.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am going to fight for important things.” — Rafael Nadal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is important to recognize the small successes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rafael Nadal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-nadal/it-is-important-to-recognize-the-small-successes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/rafael-nadal-1804_important_it-is-important-to-recognize-the-small-s_178719.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/rafael-nadal-1804_important_it-is-important-to-recognize-the-small-s_178719.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/rafael-nadal-1804_important_it-is-important-to-recognize-the-small-s_178719.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is important to recognize the small successes.” — Rafael Nadal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What happened happened. 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