If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.

I would have drunk a lot of Pinot Grigio if I'd lost after leading 5-2 in the third.

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.

Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.