Quotes About Tennis

Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act.

We love to play on clay.

It's tough to control the ball on the clay.

Believe it or not, I used to really hate clay.

I think clay has more rhythm so I can feel more balls better.

I have played some good matches against Rafa on clay.

I usually don't play really good on clay.

I know I can play good on clay.

I love being on the clay. It feels very comfortable to me.

Rafa is the best player on the clay.

I don't have a coach. I haven't had a coach for, like, years.

The coaches that I have have done an incredible job with me, obviously the stuff we work on on the court.

Because you can't change results - I would change my losses, and I would definitely like to see on-court coaching.

I was thinking of doing some exhibitions where I combine tennis and music. I might have a show at, say, the Staples Center, where I might play an exhibition against somebody who would be interesting, then take a break and go do a show.

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.

Since I came on the tour so young and I won my first match, I've had a lot of comments like 'You'll be a top player one day.' I got to the point where, as nice as it was to hear that, I almost stopped listening to it. I was almost putting added pressure on myself.

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.

For me, it's more important to bring my level up and make sure that I can compete against guys in the top 100 and top 50 instead of maybe being 120 or 130 and not being able to compete with those guys.

There's definitely a lack of self-belief in many players, which is the only complaint I have about men's tennis.

I see it as a compliment to be compared to someone like Sharapova who has won five Slams. She's a great champion. I see it in a positive light. But also I'm my own person. I don't want to be the next someone else. I want to be the first of me.

In the U.S. I can concentrate all the time on playing tennis, doing my training and all the important stuff.

When I was younger, I used to think ahead too much, and that would make me lose concentration in the match I was playing.

It's not easy to focus every point, you know. You lose some concentration.

I think to win in straight sets every match is important for the body, for the legs, for the physical conditions.