RafaLint: September 29th
Ack! So far behind on lint. Sorry, everyone. But I did use Rafa as an inspiration for my walk this morning.
Rafa lends his support to the Special Olympics:
Even better, go see the video on Vimeo where you can download a high-quality version for your archives.
Articles:
- Rafa Nadal… naturalmente – an interview with Rafa that has been translated by genny_ss for us on Facebook.
- Meeting Rafa’s mentor – Rick Dacey blogs about the making of the PokerStars promos with Rafa.
- Athletes (including Rafa) lending their support to the Special Olympics (mangle).
- Off-Court Fashion Hits and Misses: Rafael Nadal – from On The Go Tennis
- Toni gives a talk (mangle). And more about the series of talks (mangle).
- Toni Nadal: “Dentro de 10 o 15 días empezaremos a entrenar” – per the mangle, seems like a good new!
- Winter closes in on Rafael Nadal’s stormy year
- Nadal could play more clay tournaments – this seem like pure speculation based on no facts to anyone else? Yeah, thought so.
- Five reasons Nadal’s absence will help him – warning Bodo! I must be woozy from my walk this morning, but I agree with some of this. (Well, except for the part that needed more fact checking and the WTF stuff.)
Videos/Audio:
- El médico de Rafa Nadal, optimista (mangle).
- Another video on the Special Olympics promo.
- Toni interview & presser
Photos:
- Photos from XII Inselradio Golf-Trophy 2012 – in which Rafa participated (hint – he has on a green shirt and a white hat).
Rafa does social media:
- Helping (?) his cousins with their homework.
- Waiting for his team – so wait, suddenly he’s good with homework and gets to places before others do? Who is this guy and what has he done with Rafa?
- Oh, and it seems he’s digging around YouTube for videos of himself.
- And here’s a very dark photo of Rafa at home hanging with friends. Well, a friend. Oh, another took the photo? So yes, friends.
Tweets about Rafa:
“I always want to be honest with myself and to those who have faith in me.” @rafaelnadal twitter.com/niketennis/sta…
— Nike Tennis (@niketennis) September 28, 2012
Random:
- Some interesting articles about drug testing in tennis: Tennis and drugs – the contentious issues; Why are there so few blood tests in tennis?
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Thanks for digging all this RAFA lint up.
It really helps being able to read about him and see pictures and videos since we are not being able to see him play at this time. Love the funny pictures and posts on Facebook and some of his funny comments. Never change cookiepants!!
This is Rafa’s message in the Special Olympics video where he appears alone:
“In the silence of the locker room, I feel my heart beating & think how hard it has been to get here. The effort helped me move forward. The willingness that defeated the ‘You can’t, I can’t’. I am who I am. Someone like you, special. Sport makes us alike… special”
For some reason, the Special Olympics video was deleted and re-uploaded. I’ve updated the link and embed.
Good to here Rafa could be back on the practice court in 10 to 15 days. Positive news, lets hope the knee pain has disappeared .
Concerning the Rafa “Homework” photo do we know which cousins these are ? They look a bit different from Tony’s kids-maybe because they are standing still and not on the move,they might look different, but what an attractive family this is !!
These are the kids of Rafa’s eldest uncle, whose name is also Rafael (here sitting between Rafa and his father):
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150910973791026&set=a.456161351025.251362.64822581025&type=3&l=92faf6cba6&permPage=1
Here’s Rafa with Toni’s sons:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151078835616026&set=a.456161351025.251362.64822581025&type=3&l=92faf6cba6&permPage=1
Here are most of them – the oldest are kids of Rafa’s uncle Miguel Angel, the youngest are his aunt’s kids:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150933045296026&set=a.456161351025.251362.64822581025&type=3&l=92faf6cba6&permPage=1
@Kathy: ‘Cookiepants!’ I LOVE it!!!!!