The more matches I play, the more confident I get.

I'm always that annoying person that pulls out the camera in the middle of dinner and starts taking candids.

No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.

I know many of you thought that I would be retiring today, but if I was ever going to announce my retirement it would not be in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with this fairly ugly carpet.

When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I'm giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It's fantastic.

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.

Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.