The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.

Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.

It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

Everything is possible in this life.

It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.

We live because of the dreams.

My friend, there is nothing so sexy as a woman who is angry. Perhaps when she is even throwing things.

I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.

I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.

Today I break racquets for tomorrow we die.

We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us.

Let your own discretion be your tutor suit the action to the word the word to the action.

Don't get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write '6' on the label.

One feels the insignificance of the individual, and it makes one happy.

...this initiation ceremony, known as 'signing the Official Secrets Act', has no legal force; everyone is bound by the Act whether they sign the form or not.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.

Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him.