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.

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

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

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

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.

I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.

Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.

I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

The best the world has to offer comes from the best you have to give to others.

Brain without heart is far more dangerous than heart withoutbrain.

You have to control the circumstances and things in your life. They should not control you

It is important to give, not only to those closer to us, also to our enemies.

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate it oppresses.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man without lowering him in his estimation and yours too.

If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls.

The human mind is kind of like a piñata. When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside. Once you get the piñata perspective, you see that losing your mind can be a peak experience.

Although I had a few jobs that I didn't like, or quit, or got fired from, I really loved New York from the moment I got here and I never stopped.

What could you measure? What would that cost? How fast could you get the results? If you can afford it, try it. If you measure it, it will improve.