Johanna Konta

“I think I'm a good athlete.”

“No player can step on court against me and feel confident that they will come out the winner.”

“Australia is my birth home, so it will always be a home of some sort. But I'm very happy, very pleased to be representing Great Britain. That is my home, and that is where my heart is. That is where I grew up, essentially. So when people ask me where I'm from, where is home, that's where it is.”

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

“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.”

“I really play tennis for me, enjoy it for me.”

“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'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.”

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

“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.”

“When I started training at the age of eight, my dad used to encourage me.”

“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.”

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

“I'm not a drama queen.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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