Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.

I have always said that after sport, I wanted a life, I wanted an opportunity, I wanted to be able to do something. And if something happens - the economy falls out or the dollar is worthless, anything could happen - you have to be ready to work. And I'm ready.

I have been playing tennis for a very long time. Tennis is my life. I see my life in other places, and there are other challenges for me.

I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.

The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.