The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me some balls, I made 50 backhands in a row - didn't miss a single one.

I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.

It can be boring to see the same players winning every time.

I like to draw, produce paintings, do something with my fingers - but I am very normal, down-to-earth person.

Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one.

I always beat Jankovic so who do you think I want to play?

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.