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.
Rafael NadalRead
My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
Interpretation
Focus on each day as it comes to build towards your goals.
Rafael Nadal's quote emphasizes the importance of daily motivation and the practice of taking life one day at a time. This perspective encourages individuals to break down their efforts into manageable daily tasks, thereby fostering progress and reducing the overwhelm that can come from looking too far ahead.
In practice
In a motivational speech to a team, emphasizing daily efforts can yield long-term success.
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.
I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a 19 year old boy that likes to do what he likes, nothing else.
My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.
I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.
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.
If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.
The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.
If you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will start to happen
Dream big . . . don't let anybody or anything break your wishbone. Stay strong, full of faith, and courageous... keep that backbone straight. And along the way, don't forget to laugh and enjoy the journey.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
Everybody shut up. Let us work.
Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody.
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