I’m really, really emotional.
I’m only superstitious on the tennis court.
You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it’s the right thing to do out there.
For sure, with golf it’s not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That’s what makes tennis great – you combine both things. It’s a very mental sport and at the same time can be dramatically physical. But I do admire the mentality of sport more than the physicality because physical performance is much easier to practice than mental performance.
I’m always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.
If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.
Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.
I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don’t I get my own team?
My serve can get better, for sure. It’s not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
Above all, such sports as judo, in my view, teach people to relate to each other. They teach us to respect a partner, teach us to understand that an externally weak partner can not only put up worthy resistance, but, if you relax and take too much for granted, may even win.
The young athletes are supposed to mature, to improve their personality.
Winning is a way of expressing yourself.
The thing, when you’re down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it’s hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
The only thing I had on my mind was tennis, and sometimes girls,… My life was all about tennis. My office was the whole world. The word home didn’t really exist.
I drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don’t remember the games I won, only the games I lost.
What distinguishes tennis is respect for one’s opponent, one’s conduct on the court.
It is no longer enough to play very well. You need to be able to give an answer at all times and everywhere. You cannot hide. This has something to do with maturity, and that is something you only acquire over the years.
Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical – I like the music. I saw ‘Mamma Mia;’ I saw ‘Les Miserables;’ I saw ‘Phantom of the Opera’ like six, seven times.
Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice, with the illusion that I’m going to get better that day.
I’m not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I’m amongst the best. That’s true. That’s enough for me.
My parents’ divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.
