Rafael Quotes

I am going to fight for important things.

I think it's important to know what you're going to do with the ball before it comes to you. So you're always thinking before hand and when the ball comes to you to can make the pass straight away.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

I don't think about how going to be the match. I think about try to do the right things to win. I don't think about how easy can say or how tough can say. I go on court. I try my best.

The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.

I think is about confidence. Is about doing the right things. Is about being healthy. Is not about if I want to work or if I don't want to work. Is about if I can work or if I can't work.

They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level

Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they’re very strongly pro-traditional family... not only pro-family, but also pro-life. They are highly patriotic.

As a matter of fact, one of the things in Obamacare is that for the elderly, every five years you must have end-of-life counseling. Translation: suicide counseling.

Culture of dependency leads to a life of slavery, being totally dependent upon government. And government dictates where they go in life.

We don't have any problems, apart from the problems we have.

It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso.

Winning trophies has made me put on weight

As a manager, you are important sometimes, and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players. Never call me 'the special one!'

I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

I'm not accustomed to giving advice to those who haven't asked for it.

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

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.

To work hard and have our supporters behind us and believing until the end, you run a little bit more

The angels and the saints rejoice at the sight of men on earth who struggle, suffer and labor for the love of Christ.

I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat

A daily newspaper should report the news, not play at geopolitics.

There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.

To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.

Best football player I played against? I think Messi. He killed us.

I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.

What happened happened. Important thing is what can come.

I don't expect never an easy match. I always expect difficult matches.

I do notice that I am tired.

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.

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

When you have a run of games where you keep winning and winning, you know it must end.

I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.

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.

My family are really happy here at Liverpool and I am prepared to have my daughter with a Scouse accent, even though it is sometimes a problem for me.

If we remove desire to be better, we become mediocre.

The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away

Buildings are always better than drawings and models.

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.

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.