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.
I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger: A man on the move, and just sick enough to be totally confident.
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them
Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women, we forget - we forget that about ourselves. So, putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, I'm a queen, and I can do what I want in this life and take it.
The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand,' meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.
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