It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

Most recently, I learned another hobby: baking. It's so much fun to mix all the ingredients and to see the cake come out nice. It's so rewarding when the cake comes out great and tastes great.

I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

You learn from your mistakes, and I think it's a good thing as long as you learn something.

I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.

I have a fearless but neutral personality.

It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.

I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.

I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!

I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.

When a leader keeps personal ego in check it builds the confidence and self-esteem of others.

Life is a gift. Live it with gratitude.

The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.

Every human is like all other humans, some other humans, and no other human.

Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved.

People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

If you go through life and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.

I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea.

In America, you break law. In Soviet Russia, law breaks you! In America, you watch Big Brother. In Soviet Russia, Big Brother watch you!