I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That's what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don't want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more. Everyone always says never give up but you really have to take that to heart and really do never definitely give up. Keep trying.

I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to worry about is my chest. I want to just worry about playing the sport at the highest level that I can.

How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don't know how many times I have seen that happen.

I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.

It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.