Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan's neck - so weak.

I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.

When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you're wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything.

When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by the winner - and how that winner might be me.

When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.

My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in Russia.

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.