Naomi Osaka Quotes

Naomi Osaka

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 16, 1997

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

Naomi Osaka

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.

Naomi Osaka

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.

Naomi Osaka

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

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I like sweating.

Naomi Osaka

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.

Naomi Osaka

For me, as long as my family's happy, I'm happy.

Naomi Osaka

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.

Naomi Osaka

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.

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

Naomi Osaka

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

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

Naomi Osaka

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.

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I'm just really excited every time I play a match.

Naomi Osaka

I don't know if anybody knows this, but Serena's my favorite player. Just playing against her is kind of like a dream for me, so I'm very grateful that I was able to play her, and it's even better that I was able to win.

Naomi Osaka

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

Naomi Osaka

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

Naomi Osaka

Honestly, I feel like people don't look at other people when they're walking around.

Naomi Osaka

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

Naomi Osaka

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

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