"I am very happy to have experienced everything I have lived until today. So, like the positive moments of last year I took them in stride, I must accept the moment that there have been so good"
Rafa Nadal, world number one tennis and winner of the international Laureus sportsman of 2010, noted that this season would be content to achieve "much less" than last year, which won three Grand Slam tournaments, etc. titles.
While Nadal has had a similar start to the season of 2010, when it was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Australia Open tournament and left the injured, the Spanish tennis player said, "sign a lot less than what was achieved last year."
"What sign is to continue working day by day and enjoying what I do, which to me is very nice. I am very happy to have experienced everything I have lived until today. So, like the positive moments Last year I took them in stride, I must accept the moment that there have been so good, "he said.
"I've had some bad luck earlier in the year and I accept with the same calm, knowing that this is part of the sport and see what happens between now and the end of the year," he continued.
Of the injury that occurred in Australia, a hamstring in his left leg adductor, Nadal said he's very soon recovered and re- training.
"The recovery is perfect. I can not say more positive things. In the end, in recent tests, we saw that it is less serious than it seemed at first so I'm very happy. If you start to train the Thursday, I'll do it next Monday, so it's all very advanced, "he said.
Again in the Davis
The reappearance of the world's number one competition is planned for the Davis Cup tie played against Spain Belgium from 4 to 6 March in Charleroi, a tournament that last year the team led by Albert Costa fell to France by a resounding 5-0, having won the title the previous two years.
Nadal, who could not participate in the elimination of some physical discomfort, said the heavy defeat does not mean that this year there are spirits of revenge on the Spanish team.
"In the desire Davis are the same as always, do not change because of what happened last year. I do not believe in revenge or anything like that. Last year France was at a very high level and be accepted. We had won two consecutive years and is very complicated, "he said.
About the award itself, Nadal said: "This award is the award for work, not just of 2010 but of life. It's a dream come true complete the circle in this way, I'll keep it in memory because it is difficult to repeat and now forget 2010 and start think in 2011, "he said.
The current number one tennis said the Laureus "are the most prestigious awards in the sports world and is therefore not one more, because as competition got the best in the world of individual sports. For me it is a satisfaction enormous that the best athletes in history have been chosen as the best athlete of 2010. "