Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurting others, but it was a path of quiet rebellion, of a little experimentation of a darker side of my confusion in a confusing world, lost in the midst of finding my identity.

Coming back after the layoff, I wasn't really sure what to expect.

She [Serena Williams] played some great shots, but so did I, and that was the only difference.

Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible.

Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurting others, but it was a path of quiet rebellion, of a little experimentation of a darker side of my confusion in a confusing world, lost in the midst of finding my identity.

I feel life I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to live the past behind.