We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season.
I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.
I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.'
I TiVo 'CSI,' 'CSI: Miami,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Young and The Restless' - my husband hates that one - and that's pretty much it.
I like to draw, produce paintings, do something with my fingers - but I am very normal, down-to-earth person.
I think if people ask, 'How is Marion Bartoli?', they will always respond, 'She's a nice person.' That's what I'm most proud of.
You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
My serve can get better, for sure. It's not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.
I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.
As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.
Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'
It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'
Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.
I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.
The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.
I just go out there and fight for every point, and then we see how far I can go.
Not everybody can like what I do, and if you feel that somebody is coming up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him.
One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.
Women's behavior in handling beauty, even before feminism, was to deny they had any. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
Many tennis coaches are enablers. They need the job more than the player needs the coach, and if the coach needs the job more than the player needs the coach, he can't effect change.
