Johanna Konta

Athlete

99 Quotes

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

I was training in Spain for 15 months, and while I was there, my parents didn't want to be halfway around the world away from their 14-year-old daughter. So they migrated to the U.K. because they had Hungarian passports, and that's in the E.U., so they could work there.

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

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

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'm not a drama queen.

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 think every single girl you face is good at handling pressure. That's part of why they're successful on a regular basis from season to season and over a lot of years.

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

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

Everyone gets motivated or inspired by different things.

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.

Not everybody gets a home slam; not everybody gets home events. I am part of a very select few who get that opportunity, so I can only really be grateful for that.

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.

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

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.

When I was young, I associated playing tennis with being part of historic moments, being part of these epic battles and coming out victorious, having those trophy moments. That, for me, is what I saw and aspired to.

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

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

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