"We must rely on the effort, not talent"
Toni Nadal, uncle and coach Rafa Nadal, transmit the importance of values and work success

Contrary to what may seem a facile and superficial view, Toni Nadal never wanted to clean up or comply with its alleged obsessions figure champion Rafel nephew, or seen in the current exponent of Spanish tennis and one of the largest in the international scene that he wanted to be, but certainly once was a dream in your life.

But the truth is that your hand, your outlook on life and values are essential in sports and tennis staff Spanish with the most singles titles, four-time Roland Garros, Olympic gold medal, Prince of Asturias Prize for Sport... because behind Rafael Nadal, since he was four years is Toni, who is now involved in the Youth Congress III on "What really matters", which wants to transfer a clear message of "normality in what is understood as success. "

Said he saw Rafa always a good tennis player since childhood

Sounds simple, and it is for Toni Nadal, who adds that its first reflection "working for a values is easier to achieve success." Some of these values are assumed in an athlete: discipline, effort, order ... others, that could be added, such as education, which blindly believes and respect are essential for the coach, adding that "we must learn to endure adversity and put forward to things. When you get used to working with these assumptions is easier. " He says the conference is to convey what "we have done, our personal experience," knowing that it is not the only path to success, "but we have tried this and it has gone well." With the view back towards the child who was Rafa Nadal, his uncle said he saw always a good tennis player when he thought of the future. But it also was clear that "for anything he wanted to see the cocky attitude that has some people who triumphs in life, and I worried about this and make him see that what had always present."

Strikingly, the coach, hard, "especially with the words" given little to praise, launching a phrase that sums up the way you see the attitude towards life: "We must rely on the effort, not talent." But in this vital message, which sounds like the nuts and not letting up, Toni Nadal has always been willing to make exceptions, "because I can not imagine anything stiffness of life. Although the road is marked has to be exceptions. Yes, I'm usually hard, there must be order, but in certain circumstances to be tempered. "

Its 'product' is known by everyone. An elite athlete and a person you can become arrogance that success is gone. It reflects the arts of his coach who has turned on him "with the satisfaction I get from coaching." Insists, because it seems to lie, and the question asks for recurrence, that "I have not wanted to make it through." And thisfather of three children, ages 9, 7 and 6 years, tomorrow, after the conference, will fly to London, where Rafa plays the Masters Cupgoes back to his childhood in Manacor, where the detriment of football, tennis player , 'of which I wanted but I was not a great player ", his days as a student of history and law, which did not end because they went crazy for training, something he did with kids in Barcelona to stay with Rafa exclusive' because I could afford it financially. "

In this life has informed Toni Nadal, including training and family life, one of the fundamental values that believes this man who has been both an educator and founder of a champion, who believes that what really matters is being happy and that this is necessary values and argues that "a society based on respect for others and the effort would be much more fair than, much happier."