I like to draw, produce paintings, do something with my fingers - but I am very normal, down-to-earth person.

I am not blonde, yes. Have I dreamt about having a model contract? No. But have I dreamed about winning Wimbledon? Absolutely.

I have no sponsors because I am not blond, tall and slim enough

It can be boring to see the same players winning every time.

I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.

Maybe something is wrong with me but I just think I'm normal. I'm not super-skinny but I'm not super-fat. But I don't really care about what other people say.

I started faster today which was good. I returned well but my serve was good, which was the key. I think I'm getting used to the conditions.

I always beat Jankovic so who do you think I want to play?

I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.

The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me some balls, I made 50 backhands in a row - didn't miss a single one.

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!

Strength to your arm, then.

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

I consume an enormous number of books, but they're always on a particular subject because I'm obsessive.

To ask larger questions is to risk getting things wrong. Not to ask them at all is to constrain the life of understanding

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.

I don't have to work, really, but I do enjoy working, and I do enjoy getting paid.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

If it had blown up, I wouldn’t have known a thing about it.

What tries to break us is endlessly fascinating to me. Joy is a whole different game to express.