I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better.

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.

As to the differences between game work and novel writing, well, obviously the former is a lot less lonely - you're in and out of meetings all the time, bouncing stuff back and forth with the level designers, the art department, the animation team, so forth.

It was a bit difficult in England at first with the weather and the rain, but I love the football culture in this country.

I imagine pretty much every analytics guy in football has offered a suggestion based on data, and the coach has probably gone a different way because of momentum or because he just doesn't trust the spreadsheet.

In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.