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I knew I had played a good tournament -
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- and was close to winning.
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But it was tough at the time,
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because I didn't know if I would ever have
another chance to win Wimbledon.
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Each point I play and every ball
I hit has the intention,
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of harassing the opponent.
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Finding a way for that shot
to win me the point.
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The opponent serves and then
you need to return.
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So you have to go from something
that is very explosive, very athletic,
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to something calm, with a lot of feeling,
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with anticipation and harmony.
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And to combine these two opposites -
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- results in a good game.
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I believe doubts are good -
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- because they keep you alert at all times,
regardless of your opponent.
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Never considering myself good enough
and always having that doubt -
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- constantly pushes me to improve.
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I think he played way better than me.
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I wasn't able to do anything.
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I didn't play as well as the other days,
like I wanted to play,
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but, whatever.
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Rafael began to train as a kid,
every day.
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Every day, every single day of his life,
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as if it was a tennis tournament.
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As if he was playing a final.
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I always thought that to make it
to the top...
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would be hard.
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And that we would have to face
many kinds of problems.
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That's why I always tried to foster
in Rafael a tough personality,
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to be able to withstand such difficulties.
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My ambition would be to get
to the highest level.
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But for the moment, I'm here,
I'm 112 in the world,
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and there's still a long way.
You have to keep trying, improving, everything.
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It's not easy at all.
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Well in that time he wasn't the
Nadal that we all know now.
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I was practicing with him
very frequently in Mallorca,
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so we knew each other very well.
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During that time I won a Grand Slam,
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I was number one in the world.
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I remember that in practice
I almost always beat him.
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But once you began to play with him on the court,
he turned into a machine.
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The first time we played an
official tournament was in Hamburg.
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I started playing professionally
when I was very young, 16,
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so I was not as strong
as the other players.
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Because the ball came to him a bit faster,
he hit it a bit late...
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And he began to lift his arm
more than he was supposed to.
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And he realized that was also helping him win.
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He's able to play a type of tennis
that hadn't been seen before.
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Making it so quickly to the professional circuit,
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made me find solutions to be competitive -
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- and that's the truth.
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But it's clear that he had
a killer instinct inside the court.
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An ambition that I could only wish
I had half of.
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The tournament you'd most like to win?
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Wimbledon.
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When something looks easy,
it does not mean that it's easy.
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It means that Roger is able
to do something very difficult.
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He's a lot more complex
than the majority of players.
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Much more creative.
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I think I'm the kind of person that -
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- always gives it my all.
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Competition is about winning.
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Rafael, I think he had a great year
in clay courts -
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- so we went to Roland Garros.
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And I believe Rafael played
his best tournament.
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Game, set and match, Nadal.
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6-1, 6-3, 6-0
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Wimbledon is a very special tournament.
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Personally, I always dreamt of
playing on grass,
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because it's pretty much the only tournament
where that can be done.
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It was 2007.
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I felt bad in the sense that...
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I wasn't able to overcome the adversities
in such an important moment.
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That hurt.
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Yes, so he was very young. He was
the youngest of all the players
we had at the time.
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There were still a lot of moments
where he had difficulties concentrating.
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He had so much in him already,
but he could not express everything yet.
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He quickly realized that working
on his physical fitness,
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would help him to do what he
enjoys most, playing.
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And to express even better
what he can do so well,
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which is being creative.
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He went through times when he was very,
very hard on himself.
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He is very, very self-critical.
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It's difficult for an artist
when he has a desire to express himself,
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and he knows how to express himself.
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But he can't actually express himself
the way he wants to.
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And that's why at the beginning of his career,
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it may have taken a while,
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because there were so many things
to put together in the puzzle.
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One therefore has to find this harmony.
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That's why it's crucial for Roger,
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that the man he is, embodies the player he is.
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That those two are one and the same thing.
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Federer's serve is much better than mine.
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He has won many games with his serve,
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in under a minute and a few seconds.
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That doesn't happen to me...
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So I need other virtues that he doesn't have.
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We reached the tie break of the third set,
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Rafael lost.
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Always, when we started,
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I used to say to Rafael:
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"Good face."
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When he started to train
I always used to say: “Good face."
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Why?
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Because it's impossible to learn,
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to improve or do anything right
when you don't have a good attitude.
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When he has had situations against
other tennis players,
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that have overwhelmed him,
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well he has almost always been able
to turn things to his side.
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And I think doubt or the uncertainty
of not being the best...
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Makes you try to do it better in some way.
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I've never considered myself good enough to
just go and train, and just train.
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I've always gone training
with the desire of improving.
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I believe he has no reason
not to be humble...
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He has no reason to feel special.
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He's special when he plays tennis
in New York or in Wimbledon,
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where there are 20,000 people in the finals.
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I don't think it is possible to stop being humble
because you perfectly hit a tennis ball.
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I don't see the world as Rafa Nadal,
the tennis player or tennis star.
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I see the world as a normal person.
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My life here is completely normal,
like any of my friends.
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The feeling of belonging to Mallorca,
an island,
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a place where you always feel
comfortable -
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- and where you always want to go back
because you think it is the place...
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That gives you the energy
to continue with your professional career.
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I think for Rafael this is the place
where he feels the tranquility -
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- that he can't feel in any other place.
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When he comes here, he feels supported
by his friends.
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He feels the way he did as a kid.
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So Rafa, even though he's been
traveling since he was young,
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he has always wanted to come back.
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I believe he has never imagined himself
living anywhere but Mallorca.
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Here I can see my friends
and my family every day -
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- and that makes my relationship with my family
one of the most important things in my life.
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You can spend some time
with your family -
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- if they come over and you can have
a positive and peaceful atmosphere.
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Sometimes I cook.
Sometimes someone else does.
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I like cooking. I have no issues with that.
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I can imagine that Nadal,
who is a great tennis fighter,
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has always looked for the challenge
of solving problems.
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And I think that with Roger,
it's the same thing.
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Maybe they each have their philosophy
about how to solve the problem.
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Roger always needs to feel something positive.
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He always needs to feel the opening up
of a possibility, a path, a solution.
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He's always been himself and I think -
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- that this has been his great
mental labor his entire life.
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I noticed that already when he was young,
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he always tried to find a balance between
what he does and who he is.
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Roger looks for the perfect game.
He seeks harmony. He seeks creativity.
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But we must not forget that Roger
is also ready to fight.
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Roger is an artist who knows how to fight.
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Whereas Nadal is a fighter
who knows how to be an artist as well.
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It's similar to ballet.
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We don't see the effort, but we know
that these people work very hard...
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To express grace, to express harmony.
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I think that controlling time
is what leads you to success.
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The greatest sportsmen of history,
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have the mental capacity
to think faster, see faster -
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- and make important decisions
faster than others.
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Rafa! Roger!
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I remember that...
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Rafael was up 5 to 2 with two serves.
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The match was almost won.
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At that moment I started to feel nervous.
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When he missed his first serve,
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I told Carlos Costa who was
sitting next to me, I said:
"Double fault."
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I didn't want to look.
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Once I missed my first serve,
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I had a feeling I might double fault.
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When I was serving to win Wimbledon,
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I thought:
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“I'm gonna win Wimbledon”.
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That was the worst feeling I’ve had on a tennis court.
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I never think “I'm going to win.”
Instead, I just focus on the next point.
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But that match was so important, I felt
that the ball was there and I'd win.
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The match was stopped at 2-2
in the fifth set.
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I thought the match was lost.
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That Federer had a better chance of victory.
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Rafa had lost twice before to Federer.
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He had had a chance to win,
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and it had vanished in front of him.
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I went to the locker room,
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because I thought I was going to
find Rafael with very...
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Very low hopes.
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I thought: "What can I tell Rafael
to motivate him,
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to raise his spirits?"
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I don't know what Toni meant
to tell me at the moment,
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but...
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I was prepared to take on the challenge
and deal with adversity at every moment.
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And that's what I told Toni,
that I wouldn't fail.
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Federer could win.
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But I wasn't going to lose.
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If he wins, so be it.
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But I won't lose.
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I do admire Federer's style -
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- and those who don't -
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- either they don't know about tennis...
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Even if you're someone else's fan,
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you need to be able to
recognize excellence -
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- and Federer is excellent in every sense.
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Compared to the way things were for years,
history was now being rewritten.
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The circuit evolves. The players evolve.
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If you want to keep the same position,
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you have to improve and evolve
from the player you were 8 or 10 years ago.
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They are always forced to reach
their limit. To go a bit further.
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But it's not about becoming better,
just to win.
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But becoming better as a matter of life.
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One can win...
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Or one can lose.
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That's part of our lives.
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We need to know how to live with both,
defeat and victory.