When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.

Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.

We all had, at some point, matches we should have won and we didn't and that's the game. That's just the way the sport is. Otherwise, if everything was written before, we don't need to play.

There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make it.

Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.

It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors.

Well, I guess I needed this tough first round to really put me into that tournament, to really erase what happened at Indian Wells, which is now the case, you know.

I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.

I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better.

The truth is in the heart

The belief that young people are incapable of making reasonable decisions is a cornerstone of our system of compulsory, closely monitored education.

But all them things exist, " said Nanny Ogg. "That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.

There's always the feeling of getting stronger. I think that's what keeps me going.

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.

I have so many just precious, fond memories that revolve around food, and that's why I have such a passion for it.

I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I believe that change is a great thing. In fact, it's the only real absolute in the world.

Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.