Rafael Nadal Quotes

I'm not brave at all.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I'm at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa - I can't face going to bed. I'm there with the TV on and all the lights on. I'm not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very.

I'm definitely not a fearless individual.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself.

I don't like being in houses alone.

You aren't going to leave me alone are you?

The funny thing is most people don't approach me because they are scared, and that's fine, I want to keep it that way. But the thing is if you're not scared or get over it you learn that sometimes what you're scared of is really what you shouldn't be scared of.

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

Only the insecure strive for security.

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead.

I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.

The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book.

Weird people follow you in the streets, you can't sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.

I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

I don't know if I'm brave.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier. Put them at a table together—what do you get? The sum of their fears.

When you're home all the time, you don't have as much courage.