A biography for Li Nahasn’t been written yet.
“People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.'”
“I just follow my heart.”
“I've played in a lot of big matches and you learn from them.”
“Of course, after I retire I want to be the housewife, really.”
“I look forward to competing.”
“I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'”
“I think players changing coaches is normal.”
“I need some time to recover. I'm not a machine.”
“I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and then after tennis I had homework. I didn't have time to play.”
“Just because you win the French Open it doesn't mean you can do well at Wimbledon.”
“If I didn't do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forget about me.”
“People know what I'm doing.”
“In badminton, they use a lot from the wrist. But I use a lot from the shoulder.”
“I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.”
“It was a big decision to leave the system because many people said I would fail.”
“I don't need to worry about being idolised.”
“When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight!”