Coco Gauff

I hate spending money, to be honest.

— Coco Gauff

I would say when I got on tour and started doing well in doubles and my ranking started going up, I realized…

— Coco Gauff

Really, I don't like crying in front of people.

— Coco Gauff

The most unexpected message I received - well, it wasn't really a message. Ms. Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyonce's mom, posted about me on…

— Coco Gauff

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

— Coco Gauff

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.

— Coco Gauff

Tennis spoke to me. I liked being alone on the court. I liked the idea of all the mistakes being on me.

— Coco Gauff

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

— Coco Gauff

It means so much to me when someone tells me that they picked up a tennis racket because of me or that…

— Coco Gauff

As long as you love yourself, who cares what anyone else thinks?

— Coco Gauff

I don't really like driving to be honest.

— Coco Gauff

I was a player who just liked to hit everything. That's where I learned to become versatile. That's where I realized I…

— Coco Gauff

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

— Coco Gauff

I will never, ever, ever complain about fans in the crowd. Whether they're against me or for me, I just enjoy just…

— Coco Gauff

With every match I win I seem to get more and more people following me, so that's good. And that means more…

— Coco Gauff

My mom, she banned me from buying hoodies for two months. Every week I was getting new hoodies sent to the house.

— Coco Gauff

My dad has always instilled in me that I can do anything I want and he always tells me: 'Just don't limit…

— 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…

— Coco Gauff

I learned how to play in front of a big crowd. I learned what it was like to be under pressure.

— Coco Gauff

I'm fighting for the future of my future kids. I'm fighting for the future of my future grandchildren.

— Coco Gauff

Tennis in the U.S. isn't, like, that big of a sport, and now I have people, like, stopping me on the street…

— Coco Gauff

I feel like my defense has always just been a big part of my game, even though I feel like I'm more…

— Coco Gauff

The first time I met Serena, I did a commercial when I was 10 and met her briefly.

— Coco Gauff

I have learned to not look so much at the results and tune out the outside pressures. It has taken a lot…

— Coco Gauff

I dreamed of always playing Wimbledon and the other grand slams but I never dreamed of people actually recognizing me.

— Coco Gauff