If you are able to enjoy what you do and doing it the best that you can, then you're on the right track.
Johanna Konta
I love potatoes - roast potatoes, mashed potatoes - I just love potatoes.
I look to constantly be a better version of myself every time I step out on court. That has come out with some good wins and good things on paper, but if my ranking were to drop or to rise, it wouldn't affect my goals or how I want to keep improving.
We have seen plenty of first-time semi-finalists go on and win grand slams.
My experience on clay is less than possibly on hard and grass courts, but in terms of my game style and my physical abilities, I think there's no reason why I can't adapt well to the surface and really try to maximize what I can do well on clay.
I am getting better and more knowledgeable in how I hydrate and how I make my drinks and how I eat and things like that.
I've been raised with a decent head on my shoulders.
No matter how much you train, you can't replicate the stresses that the body takes when it's in a competitive environment.
I was training in Spain for 15 months, and while I was there, my parents didn't want to be halfway around the world away from their 14-year-old daughter. So they migrated to the U.K. because they had Hungarian passports, and that's in the E.U., so they could work there.
Before I started playing more on the WTA tour, I actually won most of my Challengers on the clay, especially at the very beginning.
I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.
When I go into the gym, I'm working on getting my muscles stronger, and I try to treat my mind in the same manner.
There are always going to be distractions, push and shove between players. It's about rolling with the punches and enjoying every situation, good or bad.
If you keep a healthy state of mind, you give yourself a great chance to bring out the best in yourself.
I've always wanted to become a grand-slam champion and to become the best in the world. Without that, the victories aren't as sweet or the defeats as motivating.
I would love to get my parents a house somewhere or a place in the country.
I don't really listen to music before I go on court.
Results come and go; tournaments come and go.
Winning matches on any surface will definitely give you a much larger element of trust in what you're doing.
I don't believe in perfect tennis or perfect matches.
When I play at my best is when I play with the least amount of inhibition, when I think less.
Nothing quite beats playing on home soil in front of a home crowd.
As I've got older, I've really had to dig deep and find where my happiness comes from. Why do I play tennis? You get a lot of incredible highs, but it can be very lonely with some dark lows. So the biggest thing I've learned is finding the reasons for my enjoyment.
I think it's important for me to keep adapting.
One thing that is 100% certain is that emotions are always incredibly high in a match and, I would imagine, definitely more so in a grand slam final.
I was a decent 800 m. runner, not 400 - and I'm actually really proud of this: I beat the girls and the boys to win my school 800, so it was a big deal at the time; I was about 11. Then I won the district and made it to state, but I just never went, because I was training, and tennis was a big part of my life at that point.
It's a safe bet most players would get nervous before a match. I do, too, but it's more excitement and more just wanting to get going, and I feel the same.
Spending time in airports and planes is probably my least favourite part of being a tennis player.
Honestly, I am in love with my dog.
I want to make sure I leave no stone unturned when it comes to my career.
If you look at the likes of Agnieszka Radwanska and Svetlana Kuznetsova, they've been around a long time and been successful for a long time. That speaks volumes for them.
When I was young, I associated playing tennis with being part of historic moments, being part of these epic battles and coming out victorious, having those trophy moments. That, for me, is what I saw and aspired to.
I spend most of my life in sports kit, so it usually shocks people when they see me in casual clothing - let alone dressed up with make-up on. I've walked past people from my own family who don't recognise me.
I work differently. I enjoy creating a space around me and not getting too high or too low. But I am continuously looking to get better - not just as a tennis player but also as a person dealing with new experiences.
I take a lot of enjoyment out of imagining myself as... I dunno... a wall. I keep adding bricks to my wall or little house.
I was 14 in Barcelona, and when I initially went there, I didn't see my mum for six months and my dad for four months. Australia is far from Spain, but I don't remember how long or how short the days felt. I think what was most difficult for my parents was that if anything went wrong, they couldn't say, 'OK, we'll be there in a couple of hours.'
I definitely would like to go to university.
When someone doesn't have a sense of humour, it kills me.
I have grown a lot in this area, but I used to be quite rigid and found it difficult to accept change.
When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world's number one tennis player.
I want to be at the end stages of every tournament that I play - every time.
I have always and will continue to put myself in the mix at the end of every tournament. That's what I play for.
I feel confident that no player can step on court against me and feel confident that they will come out the winner. Every match I take part in, I have an equal shot of coming through as the winner.
What is best to hope for and what everyone is working towards is to elevate the quality of women's sport and to bring it to a level where it is seen as something that is very entertaining, something to be admired, to be looked up to, to put it in that level playing field as a product to be sold equal to the men.
I didn't associate playing tennis with making a living until I was maybe 18 or 19.
I have good people around me who guide me, tell me where I should put my money.
I think every single girl you face is good at handling pressure. That's part of why they're successful on a regular basis from season to season and over a lot of years.
I'm constantly trying to be strong, to be calm when things get tough. The biggest part of that is keeping things in perspective, not being afraid of playing long matches, not putting too much pressure on yourself. It can't be all or nothing, right here, right now.
It's the trials and tribulations that really test a person, and coming through those difficulties is what shapes a person's character.
If I'm ever in a position where I'm serving to win a grand slam, I'm sure that I will be feeling giddy inside. I will have sweaty palms.
