Quotes from Naomi Osaka

I'm really grateful that I get a lot of Japanese press.

I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.

I feel like I'm a child of the Internet, and the Internet has raised me, and its jokes might not be appropriate at certain times. So, I keep them locked inside.

If - when someone asks me a question, if I could just focus on not joking, I think that would be great, because for some reason, I can't.

I was born in Osaka. I came to New York when I was three. I moved from New York to Florida when I was, like, eight or nine, and then I have been training in Florida since.

You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you'll get to where you want.

I don't think you can win a Grand Slam and not be confident in yourself.

Of course I'm happy that I won a Grand Slam. I don't think there's anything that can take away from that.

Even when I was a little kid, I always dreamed that I would play Serena in a final of a Grand Slam.

I'm always smiling.

With some of the journalists, I've known them for years now, and I kind of consider them like my friends, so I always tend to joke around, and some people don't get it.

Every time I have a dream, somehow I accomplish it.

For me, I do better in Grand Slams. I like when there's more people watching.

I'm not really the type that spends money on myself.

You can easily get depressed. Usually, if you play sports, you think that one match or one game is very important, and when you lose it, you think your whole world is over.

I don't necessarily feel like I'm American. I wouldn't know what that feels like.

I guess I tell jokes a lot, but I'm not really that sure because sometimes they don't laugh, and they just stare at me like I said something insulting.

For me, it's, like, no secret that Serena is my favorite.

Most people know me for U.S. Open, right? And during U.S. Open, I didn't show any emotions most of the time. But then after that, I did show - well, in my opinion, it was a lot of emotions. I got upset, and then I threw my racket or stuff like that.

Oh, my God, I literally only have, like, one friend that I'm actually completely, like, myself with.

Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.

When you're little, you're taught not to look at, like, if your opponent gets angry or anything.

It takes me a while to absorb things.

I can't really act entitled.