When I was growing up, all my cousins had high-top fades. I thought it would be cool to see how long I could grow a high-top.

When all the other kids were playing sports after school, I wanted to sing and dance and act.

It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.

I've always been a fighter. I can get pretty feisty sometimes.

I want to create my own legend, my own trademarks.

I like clothes a lot.

Tennis is very tough.

I never thought I was going to make a career out of tennis, to be honest, until I was 10 or 11 years old. One of my earliest memories is when I was seven, and I was competing against players that were three, four years older than me. I didn't take it too seriously at the time. I was having a lot of fun.

Tennis is such a fun game. One of the things that I really like is that everything depends on you. Before certain matches, you might have those butterflies, but that's the excitement. There's a ton of emotion that you're going through.

My mom is a former volleyball player.

I come from a very sporty family.

Sometimes confidence is everything.

You may not be playing your best tennis or having your best match; sometimes it's just not your day. The important thing is to believe in yourself, which starts with being confident in your abilities.

To be able to represent Nike as a brand is one thing, but to also represent the great players that came before me means a lot.

I think mental preparation is really important. Every day, you've got to imagine your goal.

I've always felt that's something I'm capable of doing - setting up a trend.

I appreciate where I come from. I never forget.

I'm bad at going on vacation.

The biggest pressure is what I put on myself.

I especially like Lanvin.

I'd love to have a line of tennis clothes, something unique and different.

I have always been the kind of guy to adjust to anything. I never cared where I was going to sleep or what court I was going to practise on.

Everything is customised, from my watches to my phone. I like my things to be different.