Brandy Norwood

I certainly didn’t want to date. I was through with guys.

I’ve just got to get that album out. I have to get it out, if it’s the last thing I do.

My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it’s magical.

My daughter hasn’t seen me with anybody in five years. I’m very, very selective when it comes to that because I want to make sure that it’s real. I don’t want her to see me with just anybody because she means everything to me.

And I’m looking at him like, ‘Oh my God. This is Michael Jackson’. I fainted, blacked out – like seriously blacked out.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

It’s already a great feeling to be third on the list. To get past Borg, I will have to reach the final in Barcelona next week. It won?t be easy. I could lose any day. But if I am 100 per cent I know I have a great chance of winning.

The guy comes up to the plate, there’s always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn’t thinking about the big picture. I didn’t notice what they said on television, I wasn’t reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

I am going to fight for important things.

I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.

I swim almost every day, a thousand meters.

It is important to recognize the small successes.

Every girl has her own character, every boy his own mind.

I’m lucky enough to do what I like for work – not everyone’s that fortunate.

Is more for precaution. You don’t know tomorrow what’s happen, no? But now I am happy because I don’t feel too much pain. But I can finish the match, so that’s a good sign.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

People who know me said I will win one or two Premierships and will not be interested after that. The reality is that we’ve won two Premierships but I’m more excited about this particular season than last year or the year before. I am a fan of special nature. I’m getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

I just try to win the match by fighting for every point, and running down every ball.