When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

The suit-and-tie job is very nice, but it's not really who I am in my heart.

I haven't lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

Where do you go when you're the best in the world? What's next?

I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.