I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

It's frustrating when you want to play but can't. I didn't touch a racket for three weeks and when I started playing again last week, I still felt some pain in my wrist.

'I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive...

I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.

It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.

I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.

Many say that (Pete) Sampras is the greatest player. But I say with all due respect to the rest, that he (Roger Federer) is the most complete player in the world so far.