When I was banned for nine months I had an opportunity to focus on something else and I needed to focus on something else. It's who I am. I admire Miles Davis and Chet Baker a lot and I like this instrument, so I tried and I learned and practised for two months. But I stopped after that.

We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.

Sometimes in life one experiences an emotion which is so strong that it is difficult to think, or to reason.

My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited.

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

You are constantly battling against your own weaknesses to make a good performence.

My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.