If you lack the humility to listen to things that you don’t like, it is difficult for you to continue on right path: Rafael Nadal
India Today
Rafael Nadal, recently, pulled out of his Wimbledon 2022 semi-final match against Australia's Nick Kyrgios after he sustained an injury.
22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal reckoned that staying humble is necessary for one to grow leaps and bounds in their career. The Spaniard recently had to pull out of Wimbledon 2022 after he sustained an abdominal injury. He didn’t play the semi-final of the grass-court tournament against Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, who finished as the runner-up after losing to Novak Djokovic.
The veteran said that unlike team sports where coaches take most of the decisions, one has to take charge of one’s own self in a game like tennis. Nadal put forth his views during an interaction with Eurosport.
“In team sports you have a coach who is the club. Hire a coach and the player is paid too. But the coach is the boss. In our sport, I am the one who pays the coach, the physical trainer, the physical therapist. In the end, you are the boss," Nadal was quoted as saying.
Nadal, who won his 14th French Open title earlier this year, said that one should be open to criticism to rise in their careers.
"If you don't make all those people around you feel they have the freedom to say things, whether they are good or bad, without putting your job at risk, you are not allowing yourself to be helped. If you do not have the humility to listen to the things that you do not like so much, it is difficult for you to continue on the right path," he added.
Earlier this year, Nadal also won the Australian Open and the triumph made him the first male tennis player to win 21 Grand Slams. He surpassed the legendary Roger Federer and Djokovic, who has 21 titles to his name.
