A biography for Coco Gauffhasn’t been written yet.
“My dad has always instilled in me that I can do anything I want and he always tells me: 'Just don't limit yourself and set your goals as high as possible.' I think that's the reason why I believe in myself so much and everything I've done, I guess, for 15 has been great.”
“You know, I don't think I'm going to change the world. I'm not delusional, but I think it could change some people in the world.”
“I think your mind kind of controls everything. Your mind controls, you know, how your body feels and how your mood is.”
“It's nice to play in the U.S. You definitely feel it with the fans and everything... People come out to support you.”
“Necessarily before my match, I don't do too much film. I watch a little.”
“I wouldn't trade my life for anything.”
“Some days I want to look like I belong in a metal band, some days I want to look like I belong in a flower field.”
“Doubles is really complicated, because you can't control the other person on the court. You don't always know what they're going to do.”
“I mean, I'm never going to be perfect, because you're always going to lose matches. It's impossible to win all of them.”
“I'm really rarely on Twitter or Instagram.”
“I don't really like driving to be honest.”
“I think that I feel like I've learned that I'm capable of making it far in slams.”
“I really went from not being known to everybody wanting something.”
“I will never, ever, ever complain about fans in the crowd. Whether they're against me or for me, I just enjoy just hearing noise.”
“Anybody I play, I don't really focus on the name or anything, about the person. It's just so much the ball.”
“If I don't know the answer, how I feel about my opinion on a certain situation, I'd just rather say I don't have enough information.”
“I guess you get to work on volleys, you get to work on your returns a lot in doubles.”
“I learned how to play in front of a big crowd. I learned what it was like to be under pressure.”
“Before Serena came along, there was not really an icon of the sport that looked like me. So growing up, I never thought that I was different because the No. 1 player in the world was somebody who looked like me.”
“I dreamed of always playing Wimbledon and the other grand slams but I never dreamed of people actually recognizing me.”