No matter how much you train, you can't replicate the stresses that the body takes when it's in a competitive environment. Johanna Konta More Quotes by Johanna Konta More Quotes From Johanna Konta Ultimately, I play for myself, and I take responsibility for my own actions. Johanna Konta own myself my-own responsibility Results come and go; tournaments come and go. Johanna Konta come-and-go come go results If you keep a healthy state of mind, you give yourself a great chance to bring out the best in yourself. Johanna Konta yourself best you mind I've always wanted to become a grand-slam champion and to become the best in the world. Without that, the victories aren't as sweet or the defeats as motivating. Johanna Konta best champion sweet world Honestly, I am in love with my dog. Johanna Konta am i-am dog love I work differently. I enjoy creating a space around me and not getting too high or too low. But I am continuously looking to get better - not just as a tennis player but also as a person dealing with new experiences. Johanna Konta i-am looking me work 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. Johanna Konta out myself enjoyment house I was 14 in Barcelona, and when I initially went there, I didn't see my mum for six months and my dad for four months. Australia is far from Spain, but I don't remember how long or how short the days felt. I think what was most difficult for my parents was that if anything went wrong, they couldn't say, 'OK, we'll be there in a couple of hours.' Johanna Konta parents dad remember long I definitely would like to go to university. Johanna Konta definitely go like university When someone doesn't have a sense of humour, it kills me. Johanna Konta sense someone me humour I want to make sure I leave no stone unturned when it comes to my career. Johanna Konta leave stone career want I have grown a lot in this area, but I used to be quite rigid and found it difficult to accept change. Johanna Konta accept difficult used change 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. Johanna Konta lady cleaning tennis world I want to be at the end stages of every tournament that I play - every time. Johanna Konta end want play time I have always and will continue to put myself in the mix at the end of every tournament. That's what I play for. Johanna Konta end will myself play 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. Johanna Konta step feel me winner 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. Johanna Konta battles trophy me moments I didn't associate playing tennis with making a living until I was maybe 18 or 19. Johanna Konta maybe playing living tennis I have good people around me who guide me, tell me where I should put my money. Johanna Konta good me money people
