访谈录 2013-09-21&09-23 纳达尔称信心造就神奇复出之旅

 You had a very serious knee injury, what was your biggest fear during rehab or while you were just even sitting on your couch¹ about whether you’d be able to play?

This comeback has been very, very emotional³. Then there’s something difficult for us, because at then we need our knees, without a good knee it’s impossible to compete well. So sometimes I still have pain, but the most important thing is I am able to play with no limitations⁴, and that’s everything.

Did you have any fear inside, maybe I won’t be able to get back to that high level?

Sure I have doubts, everybody has doubts, and the doubts are good, because you’re arrogant⁵, I know it, and sure it is normal to have a doubt when you’re playing and have doubt when you’re injury and you don’t know if you will be able to be back at your 100%, but that’s bout² of our life, and just accept it, and I’d work hard, worth with quality I get to everyday. 

Sabrina Williams has been talking about when you played very well from a very young age, you kind of just think tennis is always gonna be there, you almost take it for granted⁶ a little bit, and she said for her, almost losing it because of her health has made her appreciate the game differently. Do you appreciate it or approach it any differently?

It’s true that when you are coming back from the low moments, victories⁷ are more special, more emotional. But I always know that that’s not forever, so just play to enjoy every moment as I might do it again, trying to try my best in every moment, because in a few years, I will not have the chance to play again in a state like I did yesterday. 

You won your first ATP match at 15 years old, one of the youngest to ever do something like that, when you look back at that kid, back then, what do you think being the man that you’re sitting here now?

Well, not many differences, older. 

Would you tell him anything, would you give him any advice? Would you give him a shirt with sleeves⁸ or anything like that?

Well, it was a special moment, that all the stars are special and when you are a kid, when you are younger, you are able to play with different styles and crazy jumping, believing everything is new, but that moment passed, I enjoyed it a lot, we’re in different moment today, but the love and the passion⁹ for the game is still the same.

1 couch   

n.睡椅，长沙发椅；vt.表达，隐含

参考例句：

• Lie down on the couch if you're feeling ill.如果你感觉不舒服就躺到沙发上去。
• The rabbIt'sprang from its grassy couch.兔子从草丛中跳出。

2 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

3 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。

4 limitations   

n.局限，不足之处

参考例句：

• The team's technical limitations were exposed by the Italians. 意大利人使这个队的技术缺陷暴露无遗。
• He knows his limitations as a writer. 他知道自己作为一个作家的局限性。

5 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

6 granted   

conj.假定，就算v.（退一步）承认( grant的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指正式地或法律上）同意；准许；让渡

参考例句：

• The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners. 总统大赦了所有的政治犯。
• She feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain. 她担心不会获准再次踏足英伦。

7 victories   

n.胜利，成功，赢( victory的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The team chalked up the ten victories against two defeats. 该队赢10场输2场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Bush has racked up victories in another five states. 布什在另外五个州又获得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 sleeves   

n.衣服袖子( sleeve的名词复数 )；套管；套筒；唱片套

参考例句：

• The long sleeves of her dress embarrassed her movements. 她衣服的长袖子妨碍她的行动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Girls nowadays don't wear their heart on their sleeves. 如今女孩子不轻易流露自己的感情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 passion   

n.热爱，强烈的感情，热情，耶稣的受难

参考例句：

• He had a passion for music.他酷爱音乐。
• In his passion,he tore the letter into pieces.在盛怒之下，他把那封信撕得粉碎。