You have to wake up and you have to run if you want to survive.

I've felt it (shoulder soreness) since the first day I came, but more so now. Yesterday in the doubles I felt like I couldn't serve at all. I had a lot of pain. I decided to stop because without the serve it doesn't make any sense. It's better to stop and try to recover. If you play, you play 100 percent, not to suffer on the court...Hopefully I'll be ready for the Australian Open. I'll ask for a late start and try to recover. I can playing forehand, backhand, anything except serve.

But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.

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

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

The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.

Everything is possible in this life.