Quotes from Johanna Konta

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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'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.

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.

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

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

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 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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

In my experience, most players act the way they do in their own self-interest, in getting their emotions out and basically working with their own demons on court.