To be inspired - that's the secret.

I don't always choose to stay fit by playing tennis, because that comes with its own wear-and-tear.

I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance.

Hitting the ball has never been my issue, so I can literally not pick up a racquet for two months and hit the ball, really, really nicely. I mean movement's always an issue.

Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.

When you deal with somebody in the heat of battle, you see the best or the worst of them. So when you get through all that there is a great deal of respect.

In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.