I think my biggest thing is learning when to hit which serve when, not doing the exact same thing over and over. Because O.K., great, it's 120 miles per hour, but they're standing right there, and they just block it back.
There is nothing like Wimbledon. When I think about tennis, I think about this tournament.
My nerves tend to dissipate once the match starts. When I know I've practiced as much as I can and I do my best and leave it all out there, I feel OK no matter what happens.
We do get to do what we love. I think that's really special, and I think sometimes we get really caught up in the winning and the losing and rankings. And at the end of the day, we get to play a sport that we love for our jobs.
Since I came on the tour so young and I won my first match, I've had a lot of comments like 'You'll be a top player one day.' I got to the point where, as nice as it was to hear that, I almost stopped listening to it. I was almost putting added pressure on myself.
I think I'll always consider the Quad Cities home.
Everyone else wants to hear 'I wanna be Top 5,' or 'I want to be winning a Grand Slam.' Those are all goals of mine, but I'm not going to put a time limit on them.
My youngest sister does not like tennis at all, and she'll be the first one to tell you that, which I find pretty funny.
Both of my grandmothers have always been really good bakers, and I was always in the kitchen helping them. Obviously I can't eat a lot of the things that I make, but just baking it and giving it to someone makes me feel really good.
I can play the No. 1 player in the world in a pretty close match.
I would like to think I can win a trophy or two, but the main thing for me is to focus on consistency.
When you're 13 or 14, sometimes you wake up in a bad place. You feel like everything's out of your control. You don't know what to do.
I could go through my Twitter account right now and there would be 10 horrible messages.
The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I was doing.
Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly.
I'm not the best at hiding my emotions.
The expectation from other people kind of gets on me.
I was getting, at like 18, 'Why haven't you won a Grand Slam yet?'
I don't really focus on other people's expectations of me. I only care what my own expectations are.
I've been on my own and traveling for years now.
