Words matter. These are the best Naomi Osaka Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I can’t let myself act immature, in a way.
Even when I was a little kid, I always dreamed that I would play Serena in a final of a Grand Slam.
I don’t think you can win a Grand Slam and not be confident in yourself.
For me, it’s, like, no secret that Serena is my favorite.
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.
What makes me relaxed is the fact that I know I’ve put in a lot of time during the offseason on my fitness.
I get that I’m tan, and I would stand out a little bit in Japan.
Ever since I can remember, I played better against bigger players on bigger courts.
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.
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.
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.
When you’re little, you’re taught not to look at, like, if your opponent gets angry or anything.
I don’t know if I’m ‘normal.’
When I play my match, everything else is completely not in my mind anymore.
I’m just really excited every time I play a match.
I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.
In my day-to-day, I might speak, like, 10 sentences.
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.
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 feel like I didn’t really know how to cope with not playing well.
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.
I don’t really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.
Everyone around me has more confidence in me than I do in myself.
For me, every practice and match I’ve played, it feels like the year is short and long at the same time. I’m aware of all the work I put in.
