Lundi 21 avril au soir, Rafael Nadal a fait vibrer le Palacio de Cibeles en recevant le Laureus Sporting Icon Award. Le Majorquin a été mis à l'honneur pour sa fantastique carrière. Vainqueur 14 fois de Roland-Garros, Nadal est aussi entré dans l'histoire des trophées Laureus. Il est le seul athlète à avoir remporté le prix du sportif de l'année, le prix du come-back de l'année, le prix de la percée de l'année et le prix Laureus Sport for Good. La preuve de l'impact de Rafa sur le monde du sport.
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00:00the winner of this award is simply quite a living legend during a career that spanned more than 20
00:09years he won everything his sport had to offer 92 atp titles 22 grand slam breaking records
00:19a record-breaking 14 french open wins four davis cups and two olympic gold medals and away from the
00:26tennis court his work with his foundation continues to change the young lives for better
00:31some 15 years after its inception as i stand here in spain's capital i'm proud to honor a global sport
00:39icon and one of his country's greatest ever sportsmen a man with an indomitable will to win
00:47but wrapped in compassion humility and sportsmanship his inspiration will echo through the ages
00:53we may never see again a person like him
00:57please welcome to the stage rafa nadal
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01:51But before we hear from Rafa, I want to say something special on behalf of the Academy.
02:07Just hearing Morgan Freeman's poetic tribute, I believe that those lines reflect the very
02:12essence of you as a supreme competitor.
02:15You are such an inspiration to so many people across the globe.
02:19Plus, you also brought the coolness to the sport of tennis with your shorts.
02:24As the years have passed, we have become more and more proud of you and proud that you represent
02:29the best that there is.
02:31And this is embodied in both your close family and your foundation.
02:35So we've all been on this journey with you, Rafa, and we want to thank you for being the
02:39kind of a sporting hero, iconic to all of us.
02:49Well, good evening, everyone.
02:53Thank you, Edwin.
02:54Thank you, Simone.
02:55Thank you for the kind words.
02:56Well, I don't know how to start, honestly.
03:00No, I didn't prepare for this amazing moment talking in front of all of you.
03:07But a lot of you have been sports people that inspired since I was a kid.
03:15And having the chance to talk in front of you today is something very, very special.
03:21I want to start being very thankful to the Laureus Academy for thinking that I really deserve
03:30this amazing award.
03:32Thank you very much.
03:32Thank you at the same time to Mr. Rupert for believing of the power of sport and putting
03:46together all this amazing effort that the Laureus Academy is doing in a diary basis to change
03:56the destinies of a lot of people that they didn't have the opportunities that me or a lot of people
04:03in this room had.
04:06So thank you very much for this amazing job that you are doing, Laureus.
04:11Sorry, now I want to continue in Spain.
04:19We are in Spain, so forgive me, some of you.
04:23But quiero continuar diciendo que para mí, pues después de 25 años de carrera, porque realmente
04:32mi carrera profesional no empieza cuando estoy en el circuito por primera vez, no empieza
04:38prácticamente cuando tengo unos 10 años, que es cuando empiezo a entrenar de manera profesional.
04:46Sinceramente ha sido un viaje inolvidable, precioso, donde gracias al deporte he vivido cosas
04:53que jamás hubiera podido imaginar.
04:55Sinceramente solo puedo dar gracias al mundo del tenis por todo lo que me ha dado durante
05:00estos años que han sido inolvidables.
05:03Sin ninguna duda, sin mi equipo, sin mi familia que han estado conmigo desde el comienzo, nada
05:10de esto hubiera sido posible.
05:12Han estado conmigo en los momentos buenos sin ninguna duda, pero en los malos que también
05:19ha habido, con lesiones, con momentos que no ves salida de algunas situaciones, pues han
05:24estado siempre aquí a mi lado, apoyándome en todos los sentidos y gracias a ellos, pues
05:30puedo decir que he tenido una carrera muchísimo más exitosa y larga de lo que jamás hubiera
05:35podido soñar.
05:36O sea que muchísimas gracias a todos vosotros y a muchos otros que no estáis aquí.
05:39I want to keep going, congratulating the rest of the awards.
05:54Congrats for Simone, rest of you for amazing careers.
05:58Wishing you the best of luck in the future, the ones that keep competing.
06:02Enjoy the moment because the professional careers are short.
06:08But just try hard, enjoy, and appreciate every single moment that you have the chance to
06:13enjoy this beautiful world of sport.
06:18Keep going.
06:18And, por último, quiero dar las gracias a Madrid, gracias por ser siempre un referente
06:31y apoyar al mundo del deporte en todos los sentidos.
06:35Os habéis convertido en la capital mundial del deporte y, sinceramente, creo que todos los
06:40deportistas tenemos que estar muy agradecidos a la Comunidad de Madrid por apoyarnos de la
06:45manera que lo hacéis siempre.
06:46Muchísimas gracias por seguir creyendo en que el deporte es la mejor manera de promocionar
06:54Madrid, pero no solo eso.
06:55Es una forma de vivir a través del deporte.
06:58Creo que se puede educar a los jóvenes de una mejor manera y hacerlos crecer con unos valores
07:04que les van a ayudar de manera definitiva en su vida próxima.
07:08O sea que muchísimas gracias a todos.
07:10Thank you very much everyone for making this night so special for me.
07:13and thanks to Laurius for this amazing work.
07:17Have a good night.
07:17Thank you very much.
07:21Alright, congratulations.
07:22Aplanet.