There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.
This is a dream from when I was kid. I'm playing tennis almost 18 years, and of course everybody's dream is to play the final of a Grand Slam.
When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win Grand Slams.
I physically feel very fit. I’m very motivated to keep on playing on a very high level. I’m going to try to use these years in front of me to fight for the number one of the world and fight for the biggest titles.
My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. If I can match them for 10 years, I'd be in their company. They were class acts. That's what I'd like to be.
Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.
When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the Davis Cup for Australia.
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.
I want to have better results at the Grand Slams, and of course, one day I want to be No. 1 in the world.
In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.
That top 100 is a big barrier that every tennis player strives to break into.
It's always been a dream of mine to play professional tennis.
One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
To be in the top 10 for the first time, it's like a dream. When you start to play tennis, it's something you think about.
Tennis is a great platform for me to do well, and for sure, I want to be No 1, to win Slams, but there are more things that I want to do.
My dream was always, when I was a little girl, to be number one and to win grand slams as the number one.
I actually wanted to be a tennis player.
Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.
But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.
Tennis was more than a passing interest, but I found my ability didn't measure up to these West Coast kids who had played 12 months a year and taken it much more seriously than I.
Playing in a main draw Grand Slam is something you dream about as a kid.
If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.
You want to try and win as many slams as possible in your career. As a tennis player, that's what we always dream of as a kid, wanting to play slams, wanting to win them.
I always watched these tournaments and want to be seeded and get the bye and be in the second week of Slams and all that.
When I was growing up, I wanted to be a tennis player.
