My next goal is to be number one in the world.

Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.

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.

I have a Russian heart.

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.

I'm 17 years old and there are many great things ahead. If I don't win the U.S. Open this year, it's not going to be a disaster in my life.

People always ask about young people like me being forced into things. I play tennis because I love it. I think Russians might be tougher than other people. When I arrived in America I was young, but I already knew what I wanted. I think that when you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.