Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe - I can't hear you.

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

There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.

It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.

No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.

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

Don't get too excited when I am winning, and don't get too depressed when I am losing. Just keep it cool.