I don't care about losses anymore.

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.

I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.

It's a completely different situation right now because last year it was the time that nobody expected anything from me anything -- I had nothing to lose, basically I was starting from zero. And now I'm back in Top 5. And for me it's a different stage.

I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.

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