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Rafael Nadal

(1986) Model

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Rafael Nadal is a model, best known for Rafa.

Quick Facts About Rafael Nadal

Born: June 3, 1986
Profession: Model
Notable works: Rafa

About Rafael Nadal

Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera, 1st Marquess of Llevant de Mallorca is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal won 92 ATP Tour singles titles, with 22 major titles—including a record 14 French Open titles—as well as 36 Masters titles and an Olympic gold medal. Nadal is one of three men to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. His 81 consecutive wins on clay constitute the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Rafael Nadal

I am No. 8 in the world. I am not No. 100.

World

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I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't…

I am

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Nobody can ask me more when I try all my best all the time, no? So, you know, if I lose another…

Another time

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The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

Fighting

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My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but…

Aggressive

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I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused…

Compete

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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.

Accepting

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I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.

Hope

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It's the same old story, all you think about is money.

Money

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All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That's also true of…

Balls

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Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I'm at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa…

About

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My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is…

Always

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The pressure is the same every year. I am here because I try my best every day and because I have a…

Every day

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I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.

Business

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For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to…

Able

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If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

Beach

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It is important to recognize the small successes.

Important

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We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.

Aggressive

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Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical - I like the music. I saw 'Mamma Mia;' I saw 'Les…

Broadway

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As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control…

Easier

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However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own

Dedication

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Seriously, I am not a person that I think much about what happened or what didn't happen or what could happen. I…

Happened

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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.

Clueless

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I am going to fight for important things.

Fighting

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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.

Affected

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