Coco Gauff

“I've been home-schooled since third grade, so it's definitely, you know - I don't know sometimes how to socialize, I guess, in a normal way. All my friends say I do fine, like I'm not weird or anything. But it's just something that my brain thinks - that maybe I said something wrong or did something wrong or these people are watching.”

“For me, I kind of just go with the flow out there on the court. I kind of notice things. When I notice it, try to change it as quick as possible.”

“What I do on court is great, but what really matters is what happens off court, the people who you affect.”

“I love to go see 'The Lion King' on Broadway. It's my favorite thing ever.”

“I feel like, when you focus too much on a goal, it can consume you a little bit.”

“One of the things I learned growing up, my grandmother she had lung cancer when I was younger, and now she's cancer free, but I just remember her never being too negative about it, and her always being positive.”

“Obviously, there's always room for improvement.”

“The U.S. Open was the first tournament I watched in person when I was 8 years old.”

“It's crazy what support can do. People believe in you when you don't believe in yourself. That can really change the way a match goes.”

“I think us people that live in Florida, we're kind of used to the hurricanes coming.”

“I think obviously with the help of more singles-dominant players playing doubles will get more people interested.”

“I want to stand up for people who look like me and feel like they don't have a voice. And I'm lucky enough that some people in the world care about what I have to say. So I try to make sure that I say it and say in a correct way, or in a way that people understand.”

“In the past, I felt like I was satisfied with the run I made, I came into matches not as hungry. It's probably not a good thing to say but it's the truth.”

“I got too caught up on what people thought about me when I lost.”

“I always wanted to not just be a tennis player.”

“I hope that I inspire a lot of people.”

“When I play doubles, I start to return better in singles.”

“Even the more you lose, the more you need to improve, I guess.”

“I can be stubborn, sometimes, but once I become open-minded, I think I do pick up on things quickly.”