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" All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat. "
Know
Talented
Eat
" As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys. "
Athlete
Used
Speed
" As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay. "
Chinese
Food
World
" For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold. "
Playing
Me
Events
" For me, I think the Lord wanted me to win to put a smile on Chinese people's faces. "
Lord
Me
People
" I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old. "
Christian
Years
Year
" I am actually nondenominational. "
Actually
I Am
Am
" I am just trying to get biblically stronger. "
I Am
Trying
Stronger
" I didn't have the ability to blow people off the court, so I needed my legs, my preparation and the ability to think on my feet. "
People
Feet
Think
" If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. "
Try
You
Again
" I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament. "
Attitude
Win
Play
" If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time. "
Much
Quit
Second
" I have lost a little bit of flexibility, but the doctors say with any kind of torn ligament it is not uncommon for the injury to take 16 months to be 100 percent healed. "
Say
Flexibility
Kind
" I just feel like it would be so against my personality to have this struggle in tennis and just give up. I know it's not me, not who I am, and that would probably affect other parts of my life. "
Personality
Me
Life
" I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people. "
Encourage
People
Tennis
" I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom. "
Time
Person
Nature
" In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball. "
Said
Basketball
You
" I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career. "
Career
Twilight
Realize
" I see tendencies, I see body language. "
Body
Language
See
" I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through. "
Faith
Believe
God
" It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity. "
Every Day
Day
Road
" I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed. "
Past
Look
You
" I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show. "
Think
Circumstances
Game
" I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a number, unless you're obviously trying to get into tournaments and stuff. "
Top
Trying
You
" It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand. "
You
Trying
Sometimes
" It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you. "
Like
Dreams
Fast
" It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need. "
Easy
Coaching
China
" I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition. "
Myself
Doing
Competition
" Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I really don't need to do anything, I don't really need to change anything. I need to just keep plugging away, working at it. "
Down
Sometimes
Too Much
" My knee feels good right now. I am definitely able to move about whichever way. "
I Am
Good
Way
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