Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis.

I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now.

Winning is a way of expressing yourself.

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

I drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don't remember the games I won, only the games I lost.

Andre Sa is playing close to his potential - maybe even above it.