Rafael Nadal's Fist Pump: The Best in Sports

Rafael Nadal chases down a shot and smashes it down the line for the point.  We've seen it a hundred times, and we've also seen what comes after the point: the fist pump. It's a gesture that has been around for ages. Michael Jordan would pump his fist after a great dunk, Tiger famously pumps his fist and holds it after making a putt; it is one of the most recognizable celebrations in all of sports. Yet, it is somehow different when Nadal does it.  It seems fresh somehow.  When other athletes pump their fist, it seems to say, "Look at what I just accomplished.  Aren't I great?"  But not with Nadal. The Spaniard plays with such fervor, such intensity, that the first pump doesn't seem contrived or premeditated.  In fact, when he unleashes it after a great play, it seems like an involuntary reaction.  Nadal's fist pump is a non-verbal expression of joy. How can someone find that much joy in an act that they have done t...