It’s not the time to look for excuses.

I’ll never have a tattoo – I just don’t like them, and when you’re old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don’t like them on men.

I started to travel like this at the age of 15 so for me, it’s normal. Some days you get tired and you feel, ‘I want to stay at home a little bit more,’ but...

You can’t compare me to Borg, he was the greatest tennis player of all time.

I don’t want to think about it because I always want to stay the same, … I only want to think about next week. I’m happy I’ve won a grand slam, three Masters Series and...

I’m delighted with the way I’m playing at the moment,

In the first set I wasn’t playing badly but at 5-5 I made a few errors, which gave him the set, … In the second and third set I played a lot more aggressively and...

But he is my best friend on the tour. I know him very, very good. He knows me very good.

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.

My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

I think now is a little bit different, no?

To beat Roger is always special. Every match is different. This one was easy at first and then became really tough.

I was a little tired,

That would be my 11th title, my fourth Masters Series title. That would be great, incredible for me.

Right now it’s hard to feel positive, but when I look back on this week eventually, I think it’s been a good week. I’ve won three tough matches indoors after being out for three months...

In the second, I told myself just to hold my serve and try and be aggressive on his serve, and hopefully get a break. I also applied more topspin on my forehand. Once I won...

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 am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don’t like.

I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.

I am very happy to be in the third round. This is my best result here.

I always say Wimbledon is special for me because only one Spanish player – Manuel Santana (1966) – won

I played really badly this morning but I’m happy with the improvement I made this evening. Ferrero is a great player but I don’t fear him.

Sorry, I have to do this although I am very disappointed.

I think it is unbelievable to win against the best player in the world – perhaps the best in the history of the game. It was also special because I was out of the game...

This is my chance – it’s the fourth set. Sure. if I go to the fifth I can win too but I was very near, very near to the victory. I was thinking about the...

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn’t have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer...

If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.

I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I’ve started to choose my own things from time to time.

Because he’s the number one. And in the finals, for me, always the favorite is the best. For sure Blake can win, but for me, my favorite is Federer.

I don’t have good luck in the match points.

Even though I didn’t win on Friday, I didn’t think I played that bad. I also had some more time to get used to the court and coming into today, I felt that I had...

I spoke to him the other day and he said he’d love to be able to play in (the Masters Cup in) Shanghai and for the good of tennis I hope he’s there,

He played good and aggressive. In difficult moments, he always had the confidence to win the point, how to play the point well. I fought all match.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.

You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of...

The last two years when I was coming here, I was playing very, very bad … but the worst moment in the year (was) when I come to the U.S. Open. I think now is...

It’s incredible to have won seven clay-court titles this year,

I am a little bit more famous now, but I have [some change] in my life. I live in the same place. I have the same friends.

For me it’s incredible to have reached another Master Series final and even more so given that it is indoors and in Madrid,

The doctors advised me not to take any chances. I would love to have played here in Rotterdam, all the more so because I’ve not played for a long time. But I have to be...

The worst thing is to play too defensively. I need to play with more intensity and be aggressive. If I do that, I’m going to do well because my touch is good.

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...

I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don’t want to – I just want to be at home with my family.

He’s had a good year, won (a) challenger last week in Istanbul and he’s getting better and better, … I got a good start for a 4-1 lead and felt more comfortable out there which...

Federer is the No. 1 in tennis, and if I meet him in the Masters Cup, I’ll play a world No. 1. It will be difficult, but I’ m very young and have nothing to...

I’m playing really well this week,

I had a lot of inflammation in the foot after Madrid, … After I came here, I had more pain.

It is unbelievable to me that I can win against the best player in the world, against one of the best in history. It’s very important and very special for me, especially because I was...

I didn’t play a great match, but once I pass the first two rounds, things get easier. I’m used to the court and the conditions.