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

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.

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

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

Winning Wimbledon would be a childhood dream come true.

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

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

I'm not a drama queen.

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

I'm not a fan of drama.

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.

Meeting Bono was definitely a highlight of my life!

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 made my older sister cry playing Monopoly once.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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