But normally when you talk to yourself [on court] you say; 'I love you, you're a good guy, but don't miss next time, okay.'

There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.

I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.

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

One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.

It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.

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