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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.

I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'

I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.

I was so horrifically bad at tennis.

I love badminton, and representing China is an honour for me.

People tend to remember my performances, not me.

I am the Olympic, World, Commonwealth, and European champion now, and I hope that's enough for people to accept that I am a half-decent British athlete.

I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.

I went to play in Brazil when I had just turned 18 and was the world's top junior player. I got to the airport, and no one knew who I was. I couldn't speak any Portuguese, and no one spoke English. Then someone said something that resembled 'tennis,' and I went with that.