I'm only human ...

Interesting. Hot on the heels of yesterday's post, over on Rafaholics, they brought to our attention another radio interview that Rafa has done, on something called Onda Cero with Angel Rodriguez.

The question of Rafa's statement of losing his passion for the game [obviously] came up again, to which Rafa answered that he'd played 1000 games up till Shanghai and from that point, his head ended for the year, and so he lacked the passion for his last few matches, but he won't lack it for the DC. And speaking of the DC, I'm surprised that this hasn't been picked up a bit more but he says that next year it will be more complicated to compete in the Davis Cup, but for now this final is more important, and he'll talk about it more next year. He also responds to Yannick Noah's comments and his 2011 season.

Now my English hasn't been particularly good there, but I'm paraphrasing from a Google mangle, but he seems to be suggesting that he could be taking more of a back seat for Davis Cup next year, just my interpretation.

Anyhow ... below you'll find the Google mangle of the full article, which isn't so bad, and for those Spanish speakers amongst you, the interview is here ...

DAVIS CUP ON

"Nothing is the same in a Davis Cup final. Everything is different .... What changes is that you play in front of your audience, or before an audience of rival. This is what makes this race special, and that people feel participant. For us it is always a unique opportunity to play in front of our audience, because unfortunately we can no high times during the year, "

"Living environment that I live in Cordoba in the semifinals, and I hope here be repeated or exceeded, because sensations are always nice and hopefully the track can be filled, and that the public will encourage us and help us. From Argentina comes two thousand and something, and are noisy, "

"The fact that he plays for a team is a different feeling, and personally I love it. It's a shame that the schedule is so tight, the competition of the Davis changed anything there for so many years because it is one of the competitions that bring oneself. Team play in front of your audience, I love it. The coexistence of the team during the week makes everything easier, and the tournaments it is sometimes difficult. The circuit is becoming heavier. At least I have the luck to have a lot of Spanish in the circuit, " "Next year will be very complicated to compete in the Davis, but hey, we'll end it is more important and then we'll talk next year "

ON THE CONDITIONS OF THIS TRACK

"The truth is that we do not seek an excessively slow track. If you do not get is the weather. A track a little faster, jump over the ball, it benefits us more to us, or at least we think so. But the point is that we are already in early December and the weather is what it is, a little more cold and makes the track a little heavier and it makes everything slow. But we would like it to be a little faster. "

ON YOUR ILLUSION TO GET THE TITLE "I come forward. Working days are working well . We trained hard, we took many hours. Adaptation is always complicated and more coming indoor hardcourt. Between yesterday evening and today I improved a lot, and I'm happy with the training "

WEAR ON THEIR FINAL SEASON A

" wear is pure competition, the life I lead . No need to obsess. I'm happy. After this I will be two and a half weeks to prepare for the coming season. I've missed in the MASTERS be more prepared to compete, but training in Mallorca I had felt fine. This is the way forward, and improve the dot more. That's what I will start next year with that point of explosiveness that I've missed the end of this season I got a little tired "

STATEMENTS ON Yannick Noah

" Coming from one who is also much less affected . At the end of the day for an advertising and excuses. And I assure you one thing: when he played Noah was probably no anti-doping controls and we spent week after week. "

YOUR OPINION ON SOME FRENCH MEDIA

" According to what French media are very obsessed with the issue of doping, and do not understand that we are more controlled than criminals , this is reality. I do not understand the sport with dopping, and none of my colleagues on the circuit. But many times since, depending on which country and by what means is left to assess the effort, work, and shoot simplicity, to blame it cheating. "We make no cheating and make him be punished, nothing more."

ON YOUR SEASON

"If we talk on a personal level, it would be a great way to end the year, after a year ... (Laughs). The year has been good, what happens is that when you do a year like I did last year, it is clear that next year may not be repeated . And this year I made ​​three Grand Slam finals, I won one, I made ​​ten finishes in other tournaments, and am in the Davis Cup final . The year is still very good. Does one has been better than me? Yes, there will have to accept it and work to try to get this point I've missed in specific phases of the year. But the year has been good and would be important not appreciate arrogance year is because I consider myself better than I am. "

ON POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE OF THE SEASON

" The worst of the season is that there have been times that I've missed a ball stand. Keep on fighting a ball, especially against Djokovic . And what happens is that I'm human . This has been negative. Do you positive? The good news is that all losses, without exception, have accepted it perfectly. "

ABOUT YOUR PASSION FOR RACING

" What I meant is that from the China Shanghai I found a bit lacking in enthusiasm for racing. But of course. He had a thousand games without stopping, playing very good games, accepting defeats complicated and back up. I looked good, but also mentally fatigued. Surely my head ended the year at that time. "So I said I had missed a bit of passion to compete in those games. But I'm sure I will not here. "

IF YOU NEED TO REST ON

" Compete with the highest demand for January 1 to December 4 and this is the problem . I say it openly because it is something that can be solved and must be solved. And we have spent years working to try to change that, to lead a sporting life a little better. No other sport has a demanding schedule as we have. I am happy to work for generations, but I want to get something for our generation and that we also benefited from this work that we have done so many years "