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

Preparing to play at the 2006 US Open http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/tennis/5295932.stm

“To be honest, I haven't felt at my best since this tournament began. I didn't feel good with the court or the balls. But those are excuses. You have to accept when you don't play well and somebody else does.”

After losing to James Blake at the US Open http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/sports/tennis/04men.html?pagewanted=all

“It's impossible to explain what I felt in that moment, just very, very happy to win this title. For me, it is a dream to play in this tournament. But to win, I never imagined something like this.”

After beating five time champion Roger Federer in the 2008 Men's Wimbledon Final

“He has never broken a racket in anger. It would be showing a lack of respect to people who actually have to buy the equipment to play the sport.”

Uncle Toni Nadal on nephew Rafael. http://nadal-rafael.tripod.com/id9.html