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.

Right now my main aim is not to get injured any more. I am a little bit afraid of running and sliding because the ankle was so painful. But I am not a person who runs a lot, who spends a lot of energy on the court. If I am mentally OK, if nothing is bothering me and I want to play, then it is fine.

I just want to make everyone happy.

'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...

Never give up. Last year I was trying to give up but I couldn't.

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

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