"It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player."

"You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose."

"I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world doing what you love to do."

"I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies."

"The world believes all blondes are stupid and brunettes are smarter. Well, I disagree."

"I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous."

"It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis."

"There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me."

"Do I consider myself sexy? It all depends on the way I'm feeling. When I'm happy inside, that's when I feel most sexy."

"My manager wants me to dress like a nun and I want to dress like a teenager."

"I have a lot of boyfriends, I want you to write that. Every country I visit, I have a different boyfriend. And I kiss them all."

"Like any young person, I do what I want."

"When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis."

"When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?"

"God gives all to those, who get up early."

"At this year's Open, I'll have five boyfriends."

"I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest."

"Boyfriends have to understand me and my needs. They have to know what I want out of my life and about my strict regime. I go to bed at 10pm and not later. I separate my professional and private lives."

"The courts are as a stage, people love to see attractive players."

"I think it's really important for me not to forget where I came from."

"I worked very hard and I earned all the attention I'm getting."

"I just play for fun."

"A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people."