Roman Abramovich

It’s a new endeavour for me. I’ve never run a territory. I’ve never talked publicly to people. I’ve got to try it just to see whether I like it.

[on money] It cannot buy you happiness. Some independence, yes.

I can understand the British media and why they are doing that. It does not add up to much. I’m used in my life to not paying much attention to some things.

People who know me said I will win one or two Premierships and will not be interested after that. The reality is that we’ve won two Premierships but I’m more excited about this particular season than last year or the year before. I am a fan of special nature. I’m getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

I really don’t retain information – by the time I arrive wherever I’m going, I already forget what it is that I wanted to say.

Everyone’s got their own reason. Some believe it’s because I spent some of my childhood in the far north that I helped Chukotka, some believe it’s because I had a difficult childhood that I helped Chukotka, some believe it’s because I stole money that I helped Chukotka. None of these is real. When you come out and you see a situation and there are 50,000 people, you want to do something. I haven’t seen anything worse than what I saw there in my life.

I am going to fight for important things.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it’s tough. The tour continues. Life continues. This is a sport of victories, not a sport of losses. Nobody remembers the losses. I don’t want to remember the loss.

The worst thing is to play too defensively. I need to play with more intensity and be aggressive. If I do that, I’m going to do well because my touch is good.

My feeling would be that you lose something of the beauty of the Premiership by joining something not defined at the moment.

[Roger Federer] We have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game in a way I haven’t seen anyone – and I mean anyone – play before. How fortunate we are to be able to see that. If he stays healthy and motivated – and the wonderful feel he has stays with him – he is the kind of guy who can overtake the greatest.

I have a lot of respect for Liverpool fans and what I did, the sign of silence – ‘shut your mouth’ – was not for them, it was for the English press.

[on Roman Abramovich] We were never friends – José Mourinho

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.

We’ll try and be very aggressive, we’ll try and speed up and change gears, and we’ll see who’s going to win.

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There’s no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.

I go to the gym, I swim daily and from time to time I meet with friends and do extra-curricular stuff.

The young athletes are supposed to mature, to improve their personality.

I tried to find a solution to the problem that I had, tried to find a way to start playing better.