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I like sweating.
I'm always smiling.
I can't really act entitled.
It takes me a while to absorb things.
I can't let myself act immature, in a way.
I'm just really excited every time I play a match.
Every time I have a dream, somehow I accomplish it.
Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.
In my day-to-day, I might speak, like, 10 sentences.
I'm really grateful that I get a lot of Japanese press.
For me, it's, like, no secret that Serena is my favorite.
I grew up surrounded by both Haitian and Japanese culture.
I don't think there is ever going to be another Serena Williams.
I get that I'm tan, and I would stand out a little bit in Japan.
Everyone around me has more confidence in me than I do in myself.
For me, grand slams are something you dream about playing as a kid.
I feel like I didn't really know how to cope with not playing well.
I don't think you can win a Grand Slam and not be confident in yourself.
When I play my match, everything else is completely not in my mind anymore.
For me, I do better in Grand Slams. I like when there's more people watching.
I don't necessarily feel like I'm American. I wouldn't know what that feels like.
Ever since I can remember, I played better against bigger players on bigger courts.
Honestly, I feel like people don't look at other people when they're walking around.
I think everybody who sees me would think that I'm really scary or something. But I'm not!
My mum has sacrificed a lot for me, and it means a lot for her to come and watch my matches.
You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you'll get to where you want.
When you're little, you're taught not to look at, like, if your opponent gets angry or anything.
Even when I was a little kid, I always dreamed that I would play Serena in a final of a Grand Slam.
Oh, my God, I literally only have, like, one friend that I'm actually completely, like, myself with.
I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.
Of course I'm happy that I won a Grand Slam. I don't think there's anything that can take away from that.
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 feel like I play better when I'm calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches.
I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.
It's not necessarily the best situation for me to try to hug someone unless I really know them. And I don't really know anybody, so.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.