Quotes from Peng Shuai

I am no longer young, so I really have to be patient with my body.

Everybody compares, but I have never felt as if I have been in Li Na's shadow. We both play for the same country. She is the best player in China.

The top 10 is really hard to break into. You have to play a consistent season for the whole year.

My sentimental problems, my private life, should not be involved in sports and politics.

People ask me, 'Are you the tennis player?' They don't treat me like a movie star. If you are a movie star, people go crazy. They don't go crazy around me.

Playing in the Olympics was a great feeling.

Tennis is an individual sport and every player is different.

Tennis is only a sport, and we don't intend to get involved in politics.

I love play in my country because now they have more tournaments. I feel every year I was travelling a lot. I didn't have much time, you know, to spend with my friends, my parents.

I almost stopped playing. For three or four years it was really tough mentally. 'Then slowly, slowly, slowly... my team told me to keep going.

I really thank my coach, my parents. They always tell me to fight and keep going and never ever give up.

Once I've retired, I will come to London for fun. I want to go to the history museums.

Actually my tennis career is a little bit up and down.

I don't think I know everything because I don't watch much news from abroad.