"I have been fortunate to work with a very polite boy, very obedient, has consistently been guided," he added, because he had "attempted to train a badly educated."
Coach Rafael Nadal, his uncle Toni Nadal, said today that the success of Mallorcan tennis player was due to its "carrying capacity" since he began his career since childhood. Toni Nadal has delivered a lecture at the XIV National Congress of Family Business, held at the Auditorio Miguel Delibes de Valladolid.
The coach of the tennis player, world number two now, has confessed that his nephew "would have liked more out in football, especially if he had the opportunity to play for Real Madrid."
However, his success in tennis, since he began practicing with only 5 years, excited him to opt for the racket and 11 already trained as a professional, combining it with football and school.
Toni Nadal has described a series of anecdotes in the history of tennis, during which he has acknowledged, has been a coach "hard" because it has always sought "the point of dissatisfaction" for further improvement.
"I was more concerned with the formation of his character as a tennis player," the coach has revealed in a society in which "hard to accept the responsibility and the blame is always the neighbor."
The best tactic has continued, has always been the "utmost enthusiasm and dedication" that led to Rafael Nadal to win as strong as rival Roger Federer Federrer, current world number four, just because the Spaniard "has had a little more than illusion that he "in some games they have faced.
However, he acknowledged that some people have succeeded in life still "not on a large order," and have even approached "a genius" and that in today´s society "the effort is deprecated."
Front has it, has argued that "it is good that learning takes" and "do what one likes, but you like what you do," values that you instilled in his nephew.
In this context, he referred to "carrying capacity" of his disciple, who has overcome tough times, like a foot injury in 2005.
"I always believed in Rafael" he asserted Toni Nadal, who has described his nephew as "a normal kid."
"I have been fortunate to work with a very polite boy, very obedient, has consistently been guided," he added, because he had "attempted to train a badly educated."
The uncle has claimed that player has not claimed that his nephew "was a model for society, but that was not a bad example, that a child feel normal, not a winner."
"Success confused," he warned Toni Nadal, because "special things happen to you, but in life there are few special people and not between those who succeed."
Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor (Mallorca) in 1986, has won ten Grand Slam titles, including six Wimbledon Roland Garros and two, besides the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and three Davis Cup with Spain.
Nadal has several record as the youngest male player to win the Golden Slam Career, the most Masters titles in 1000 has achieved or consecutive wins on clay. In 2008 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports.