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.

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

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

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.

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

When you give your best, that's all you can ask of yourself, all that people can ask of you and all that god desires from you. No matter what the result, walk with your head held high.

I see tendencies, I see body language.

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

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

I am actually nondenominational.

I am just trying to get biblically stronger.

Regrets will eat you alive if you let them. You gotta outrun them. Find something in the now.

Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings out there, deal with them, and find a way to be okay with all that's happened.

I've been lucky to get some path-breaking films, which proved to be the turning point in my career. Be it 'Rock on!' 'The Last Lear' or 'Raajneeti,' directors started working in a different way.

Don't let uncertainty talk you into pursuing a backup plan instead of your purpose.

History admires the wise, but elevates the brave.

...we both saw something we liked, a willingness to have no walls, or maybe just an unwillingness to keep them standing.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinary well.

Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.

To paint nature you must be in it a long time.

I ransack public libraries & find them full of sunk treasure.