Quotations and Poems

* “Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed. But then I wouldn`t have been the same player.”

* “I never look back, I look forward.”

* “I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I`ve got more relaxed and I think it shows.”

* “No, I`ve never been one for the records.”

* “I knew that maybe I couldn`t be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.”

* “I had a lot of different thoughts and ideas and always to transform, but I`m trying certain things that I feel my heart is really going for and that was one of the things that I initiated a few months ago.”

* “The tennis wasn`t really very much on my mind, so it wasn`t like I was thinking about it all the time.”

* “I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.”

* “It`s so difficult to find time besides the tennis.”

* “I`ve been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament you`ve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and enjoy it.”

* “I appreciate very much being injury-free.”

* “It shifted attention away from that and I`ve never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.”