I really play tennis for me, enjoy it for me.
— Johanna Konta
I think I've always loved playing in North America.
When I started training at the age of eight, my dad used to encourage me.
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.
I'm not a drama queen.
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.
Spending time in airports and planes is probably my least favourite part of being a tennis player.
I made my older sister cry playing Monopoly once.
Everyone is trying to make that breakthrough into the top 100.
Honestly, I am in love with my dog.
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 needed to go through certain life experiences, and not just on the court, to make me into the competitor that I am, and also the person.
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.
If you keep a healthy state of mind, you give yourself a great chance to bring out the best in yourself.
I had to experience many situations and emotions to develop, and I'm still striving to become the kind of competitor I want to be.
I love potatoes - roast potatoes, mashed potatoes - I just love potatoes.
Winning matches on any surface will definitely give you a much larger element of trust in what you're doing.
When I'm at home, I do get recognised more often, and I don't need to be in sports clothes to be recognised, which is different.
When I play at my best is when I play with the least amount of inhibition, when I think less.
There's a real difference between singles tennis and working as part of a team.
I love competing in front of a crowd. I enjoy the performance.
I'm out there to play my sport, to showcase my sport. I'm not an actress.
I'm a British citizen, and I'm incredibly proud to represent Great Britain. I've also represented Great Britain in the Olympics, so I'm definitely a British athlete.
Winning is, of course, rewarding; who doesn't enjoy winning? But for me, it's about more than just winning: it's about knowing I'm putting in the day-to-day work to get a little bit better every time.
I don't really listen to music before I go on court.
I try to stay very true to the kind of person that I want to be and the kind of athlete and the kind of professional I continually strive to be.
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 think it's important for me to keep adapting.
Not many people can say, 'I was top 150 in the world for something,' in any discipline.
We made the U.K. our home, and I'm lucky enough that I get to call myself British and have such great support at home.
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 don't look for a fight or look for animosity or tension where it's not needed.
I strive to get better and better in understanding how the world works.
Tennis is a small world.
When you're in the supermarket, you can usually tell straight away when someone recognises you, or they will come up to me and say, 'Well done,' or things like that. So it's nothing sinister or nothing super-crazy.
I would love a big family. I have this vision in my mind where I have four or five children, and then, when I'm in my 60s, it's Christmas, and all my kids come home with their spouses and lots of grandchildren. By the end of it, there are 40 to 50 people in my house, and I look around, feeling totally happy, surrounded by my family.
Winning Wimbledon would be a childhood dream come true.
I definitely think about lifting the big trophies, and I dream about winning slams or making it.
I'm not a fan of drama.
Meeting Bono was definitely a highlight of my life!
If you are able to enjoy what you do and doing it the best that you can, then you're on the right track.
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.
I don't think circumstances change who you are as a person. I don't believe they change your values - unless you willingly would like them to.
There's a great group of people around me, and I think it's the way they all work together with me which makes me a very lucky girl.
Nothing quite beats playing on home soil in front of a home crowd.
I would love to get my parents a house somewhere or a place in the country.
No player can step on court against me and feel confident that they will come out the winner.
Results come and go; tournaments come and go.
Everyone gets motivated or inspired by different things.
For me, it's just staying in the present, enjoying what I'm doing, and making sure I'm making the kind of improvements and moves forward that I want to.
