I'm proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.

I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.

Every match I go into, I'm the huge favorite. I lose a set and it's, like, crazy.

When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would play on a court at the local club and they would watch from the balcony. They would scream, 'Be quiet' to me and I would scream back, 'Go and have a drink. Leave me alone.' Then we would drive home in a very quiet car. No one speaking to each other.

Seriously. I'm not playing to prove anything to journalists. I'm playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.

I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.

What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.