Quotes from Naomi Osaka

When I play my match, everything else is completely not in my mind anymore.

My mum has sacrificed a lot for me, and it means a lot for her to come and watch my matches.

I think everybody who sees me would think that I'm really scary or something. But I'm not!

When you have to do small talk, you know, 'Hello, how are you?' after that, I don't know what to do. I go, 'OK, then,' and walk away.

You know how some people get worked up about things? That's a very human thing to do. Sometimes, I don't know - like, I feel like I don't want to waste my energy doing stuff like that. I think about this on the court, too.

I grew up surrounded by both Haitian and Japanese culture.

I like sweating.

I feel like I didn't really know how to cope with not playing well.

Ever since I can remember, I played better against bigger players on bigger courts.

I get that I'm tan, and I would stand out a little bit in Japan.

This is going to sound weird, but I never went to normal school; I went to online school.

In my day-to-day, I might speak, like, 10 sentences.

I feel like I play better when I'm calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches.

I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.

I don't think there is ever going to be another Serena Williams.

In a perfect dream, things would be set exactly the way you would want them. But I think it's more interesting that in real life, things aren't exactly the way you planned.

For me, grand slams are something you dream about playing as a kid.

Japanese culture? I kind of love everything about it. I love the food. Everyone's really nice. There's just a lot about Japan that's really cool.

What makes me relaxed is the fact that I know I've put in a lot of time during the offseason on my fitness.

It's not necessarily the best situation for me to try to hug someone unless I really know them. And I don't really know anybody, so.

The thing is, I'm used to handshakes. Every time someone comes for a hug, I'm very confused. I'm told that I give out the worst hugs, too.

I can't let myself act immature, in a way.

Haiti, if you've ever met a Haitian person, they are just really positive, and literally, if you're friends with them, then they will do anything for you. So I think that's something that is, like, a really good trait, and I'm really happy that my grandparents and my dad's side of the family is like that.

Actually, I live in FL now. But, I mean, of course I'm very honored to be playing for Japan. But my dad's side is Haitian, so represent.