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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career. "

" 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. "

" If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time. "

" Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches. "

" 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. "

" Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances. "

" I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people. "

" If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to. "

" Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved. "

" As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay. "

" It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need. "

" 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. "

" I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old. "

" For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold. "

" I am actually nondenominational. "

" All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat. "

" I am just trying to get biblically stronger. "

" I see tendencies, I see body language. "

" I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition. "

" 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. "

" That's what really seems to be the more difficult aspect - to have the men break through and challenge the best players in the world. "