I used to go to the US Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.

I used to, like, hit for a half hour and then go eat Cheetos the rest of the day, come out and drill forehands. Now I'm really trying to make it happen, being professional, really going for it, and I miss my Cheetos.

I'm an emotional player ... I like to leave it out there.

I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout.

There's no home team in tennis, no built-in fan base, so the players have to step up and do their fair share.

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. My serve is okay, but I need to work on a lot of things: return, transition game, backhand.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.