He who has the knowledge has the responsibility to impart it to the students.

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.

Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice, with the illusion that I'm going to get better that day.

The first point is always important, more so in a Wimbledon final

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

I have no sense of humor about losing

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.

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

I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.

I think the doubts are good in life. The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things: arrogance or not intelligence.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.

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 is always a help to me.

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.

I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.

Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.

If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.

I started to travel like this at the age of 15 so for me, it's normal. Some days you get tired and you feel, 'I want to stay at home a little bit more,' but it's only the moment.

I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.

I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days it gets messy and my mother nags me.

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

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.

No one is perfect. Everybody does stupid things.

In my humble opinion, change is stupid.

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.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.

I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.

I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I've started to choose my own things from time to time.

My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

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 a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.

I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.

My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.

In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.

I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.

Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical - I like the music. I saw 'Mamma Mia;' I saw 'Les Miserables;' I saw 'Phantom of the Opera' like six, seven times.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

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

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.