Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved.
I think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook.
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.
For me, I think the Lord wanted me to win to put a smile on Chinese people's faces.
Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.
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.
I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.
All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat.
For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold.
You know, I feel like if I don't change something, then the results maybe are going to continue the way that they have. That for me is not something that I want to really be a part of.
I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old.