Za chikondi chake cha tennis : "Ndinayamba maphunziro ndili ndi zaka zinayi zokha. Koma munthawi yaying'onoyo, osasewera tsiku lililonse. Sindinachite izi mpaka ndinali ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndipo sitinasunthire ku Russia kupita ku United States. Pamenepo ndayamba kale maphunziro akulu ndipo ndapereka nthawi yothandiza kwambiri. Nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndimakonda masewera. Ndimakonda mtundu wa mpikisano, kuti muli nokha ndi mdani. Ambiri onse ndimakonda pomwe masewera ovuta amamva kuti muyenera kudzipereka chifukwa cha chigonjetso ichi. "
Za zomwe akuchita masewera pazaka 26 : "Ngati ndili ndi zaka 17 ndinauzidwa kuti zaka 10 ndimasewerabe, ndikadaganiza kuti kudakhala kalekale. Koma tsopano ndimasewera ndikuyamba kukhala wolimba kuti ndizipitilizabe. Ngati mumakonda china chake, ndipo pali mwayi wabwino kuti muchite bwino, mutha kusewera kwambiri, kwa zaka zambiri. Ichi ndi mfundo yofunika kwambiri pamasewera onse. "
Za momwe mungakwaniritsire kuchita bwino pamasewera : "Uyenera kuyesetsa kuchita bwino, ndipo osatsanzira munthu. Ndinkasilira osewera ena nditaphunzira, koma osafunafuna kukhala ngati winawake. Ana akanena kuti akufuna kukhala ngati ine, ndimayankha kuti: "Ayi, muyenera kuyesetsa kukhala abwino".