I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

Tennis has never been the most important thing in my life. My family, my health, my happiness...they are more important to me. On court, I want to win. Off court, I want to be a better person. Tennis is a path to my future.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

I know you are reporters and I know this is your job, but, you know, take your note pads, take your pencils down, take your grunt-o-meters down, the fashion police, put everything away and just watch the match, you know, from just the fans' perspective. I seriously think that the quality of the match today was great.

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

I mean, I think I'm doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.

When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.