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.

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.

My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things.

I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

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

If you get operated, something can go wrong and you can just say bye-bye to tennis. That's what happened to a lot of soccer players in Europe. They get operated, some things, it's not the mistake of the doctor. It's just some surgeries, they just don't go the right way...My injury will never go away. It's already become so chronic there's no chance to fix it so I can play without pain.