I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved.

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.

When you give your best, that's all you can ask of yourself, all that people can ask of you and all that god desires from you. No matter what the result, walk with your head held high.

It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity.

I got comments about being too small, too short, there haven't been any Asian players and who am I to go out there and turn pro before my 16th birthday? And that's all good and fine. People want to have their comments and their opinions. Ultimately, you do what you believe in your heart. I think for me, things turned out OK.

If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time.