It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.
Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play forever.
It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.
To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.
I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
I don't have time for easy. Tennis is just hard.
There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.
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.