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In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.
At Wimbledon if it is slightly wet you don't even play the match. At the French Open you need to just get on with it and somehow adjust.
I'm a useless guitar-player. When I put myself in a band I immediately became its weakest part. I was like my forehand volley at tennis.
You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.
You can ask a lot of the people around me - I'm very demanding. I expect them to be as intense about my tennis on a daily basis as I am.
It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation.
You don't think about anything because you just try to playevery game, every point. If you get some chance, you try to take this chance.
When you go through certain moments of your career and you're struggling, it just takes time. Time heals, when you're a little bit down.
Im not a perfect Muslim; I think none of us are perfect human beings. I do the five pillars of Islam, you know, I pray five times a day.
We're following the evolution of tennis. On the women's side, there has been a very positive change, with the arrival of many new stars.
By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.
I love the food in Thailand because of the exotic spices they use. Their style of cooking is unique to their culture and always amazing.
It's not good to stretch when you're cold. Get your heart rate up, and once you finish, take time to stretch and let your body calm down.
I think I have a lot of room for improvement. My serve is okay, but I need to work on a lot of things: return, transition game, backhand.
I don't want to live and die with every point that's being played out there now. I'm going to let my coach live and die with every point.
I'm a woman specialist now. I'm going around the world to challenge all the woman champions. England, France, Czechoslovakia, everywhere.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Luis Suarez all play at a really impressive level and are consistently excellent.
I am strong, the crowd makes me even stronger when they are on fire, I love to be with them, they give me focus so I just relax and play.
Tennis is a great platform for me to do well, and for sure, I want to be No 1, to win Slams, but there are more things that I want to do.
I don't take myself as seriously as I did when I was playing, and it works, and I think people see the self-deprecation in my commentary.
There's always a concern when you play the week before a major. That's not the easiest time for a scheduler or a promoter, I would think.
I got a lot of publicity, but it steamrolled. Event organizers weren't used to that kind of behavior, so later, they tightened the rules.
I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.
Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.
There was a joke in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party dance, it's one step forward, two steps backward, and everyone is still clapping.
Everyone has a temper, but in Sweden, no one throws a racquet or screams. We show more manners and common sense. This is a game, not war.
I have fun playing tennis and I understand that the good things from tennis go hand in hand with attention. But it's not important to me.
When I was 14 I wasn't even thinking of playing professional tennis. I was thinking of going to high school in Sweden then getting a job.
Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.
I always believe if you're stuck in a hole and maybe things aren't going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
I'm not a perfect Muslim; I think none of us are perfect human beings. I do the five pillars of Islam, you know, I pray five times a day.
We're going in really fresh. We're going to have fresh legs and bodies, we're going to be able to stay the distance, and that's our goal.
I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.
I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.
I don't really have a favorite artist - I mean, I really love Drake - but it depends on my mood. I like anything that makes me feel good.
I have been playing tennis for a very long time. Tennis is my life. I see my life in other places, and there are other challenges for me.
I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to.
I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis.
Every time something happens, whether I've won the most or lost the most, there's always 'oldest' tied to it. It's not a surprise anymore.
Wimbledon is the most prestigious tournament we have, and being able to win it with all the tradition, that's always been a dream of mine.
Trophies separate the winners from losers, and life is about winning and losing. Go into business and you see. You're competing every day.
I remember when I was younger taking more pride in Wimbledon than the French. That and the U.S. Open - they were the ones I wanted to win.
When I was on the court, I played. When I trained, I trained hard. But as soon as that thing was over, I switched off and enjoyed my life.
The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.
I'm 5 feet 10 inches, and whatever my whatever my weight is, that's fine. As long as I am able to move and I feel good, it doesn't matter.
I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid.
I admire the way golfers handle themselves. But tennis players are a lot younger, as a rule. There aren't many teenagers on the golf tour.
I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.
Negativity sells. I have been labelled a rebel. If I had been one, would I have got married at 23? Would I have been a straight A student?