I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.

There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment.

I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.

If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts.

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.

You cannot change me; this is the way I am.