I'm not a drama queen.

I think I'm a good athlete.

I'm not invincible. I'm no Serena Williams.

Results come and go; tournaments come and go.

I think it's important for me to keep adapting.

I made my older sister cry playing Monopoly once.

I think I've always loved playing in North America.

Meeting Bono was definitely a highlight of my life!

I've been raised with a decent head on my shoulders.

I don't believe in perfect tennis or perfect matches.

Winning Wimbledon would be a childhood dream come true.

Everyone gets motivated or inspired by different things.

I guess I have a reasonable physique for the sport I do.

When someone doesn't have a sense of humour, it kills me.

I'm very proud of my achievements, whatever they will be.

Everyone is trying to make that breakthrough into the top 100.

I love competing in front of a crowd. I enjoy the performance.

Nothing quite beats playing on home soil in front of a home crowd.

I strive to get better and better in understanding how the world works.

I'm out there to play my sport, to showcase my sport. I'm not an actress.

I love potatoes - roast potatoes, mashed potatoes - I just love potatoes.

I want to make sure I leave no stone unturned when it comes to my career.

We have seen plenty of first-time semi-finalists go on and win grand slams.

I want to be at the end stages of every tournament that I play - every time.

For me, it's always been tennis. I haven't really explored any other avenues.

I admire Serena Williams, because, I mean, who doesn't admire Serena Williams?

I have good people around me who guide me, tell me where I should put my money.

There's a real difference between singles tennis and working as part of a team.

I don't look for a fight or look for animosity or tension where it's not needed.

I didn't associate playing tennis with making a living until I was maybe 18 or 19.

Everyone can play well. There's very few margins that set us aside from each other.

Not many people can say, 'I was top 150 in the world for something,' in any discipline.

Everyone is out there to beat me, so I go up against every single player to have a battle.

When I play at my best is when I play with the least amount of inhibition, when I think less.

Every opponent is a new opponent. Trust me, they don't give a crap how many matches I have won.

I definitely think about lifting the big trophies, and I dream about winning slams or making it.

I had a lot of ear infections when I was younger, so I didn't learn to swim until I was about 14.

Spending time in airports and planes is probably my least favourite part of being a tennis player.

I have grown a lot in this area, but I used to be quite rigid and found it difficult to accept change.

If you keep a healthy state of mind, you give yourself a great chance to bring out the best in yourself.

If you are able to enjoy what you do and doing it the best that you can, then you're on the right track.

Winning matches on any surface will definitely give you a much larger element of trust in what you're doing.

I have always and will continue to put myself in the mix at the end of every tournament. That's what I play for.

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 know what it is to feel very British, but I feel that it's home, so I'm very happy to represent Great Britain.

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 am getting better and more knowledgeable in how I hydrate and how I make my drinks and how I eat and things like that.

No matter how much you train, you can't replicate the stresses that the body takes when it's in a competitive environment.

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.

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.

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