Number one consideration is always availability. Then it's about - for me and, I guess, for every player - the connection with the coach, like with any relationship: how you work together, the chemistry on court.
Winning matches on any surface will definitely give you a much larger element of trust in what you're doing.
For me, it's just staying in the present, enjoying what I'm doing, and making sure I'm making the kind of improvements and moves forward that I want to.
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.
As I've got older, I've really had to dig deep and find where my happiness comes from. Why do I play tennis? You get a lot of incredible highs, but it can be very lonely with some dark lows. So the biggest thing I've learned is finding the reasons for my enjoyment.
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'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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
When I go into the gym, I'm working on getting my muscles stronger, and I try to treat my mind in the same manner.
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'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.
I am getting better and more knowledgeable in how I hydrate and how I make my drinks and how I eat and things like that.
I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.
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 you're in the supermarket, you can usually tell straight away when someone recognises you, or they will come up to me and say, 'Well done,' or things like that. So it's nothing sinister or nothing super-crazy.
When I'm at home, I do get recognised more often, and I don't need to be in sports clothes to be recognised, which is different.