10 Quotes by Dinara Safina

I talk to him every day and he is getting fitter and hopes to return in Rotterdam next week.

I think I played well today. I just missed some really important shots.

I try to do something good, but when it doesn't go good, then I go like too much into myself, what I'm doing right, wrong, instead of thinking more what I have to do with the ball,

It’s my brain. I know exactly what I have to do, but if I’m not using my brain, I’m not doing the things my coach is telling me.

I'm not the girl to keep all the emotions I have inside. I guess I have to pay lots of fines because that's the way I am,

You need to write a book, what's going on with my serve. It's disaster. I don't bend my legs. Instead of jumping forward, I'm kicking it too much instead of hitting it. ... I drop my head, I don't hold the left arm. It's so much, that you just - I don't know. I know this, and I'm still so stupid that I continue doing it.

It was difficult, as it always is when I play against another Russian. I missed several easy shots.

I really wanted to win here tonight. In the quarterfinals I should be playing against Kim, and that means something to me. I've never been able to win against her and it might happen this time. However, I've seen her at a training session and I pretty much believe she's fit.

I really want to win and put the memory of the last time behind me.