Since she first beat her childhood idol Serena Williams, being in the spotlight thrust her into depression. She just quit the French Open citing concerns over her mental health.
00:00Hi, I'm Naomi, and this is an introduction to the people that ask me what I do, so welcome to my brain!
00:30As you've grown up, have you become any less of an overthinker, or is it the same?
00:39You know the song, more money, more problems? Man, oh man!
00:47There might not necessarily be more problems, but I'm definitely overthinking more.
01:00You know the song, more money, more problems? Man, oh man!
01:08There might not necessarily be more problems, but I'm definitely overthinking more.
01:16You know the song, more money, more problems? Man, oh man!
01:24I always want to do well, but at the same time, I don't want to put too much burden on myself to keep having high expectations.
01:54You know the song, more money, more problems? Man, oh man!
02:06I'm very proud to be Japanese, and I'm sure I'll continue to do well in the future.
02:15I want to continue to do my best for Japan.
02:37I've accomplished a lot of things that I've wanted to ever since I was growing up.
02:42I've accomplished a lot of things that I've wanted to ever since I was growing up.
02:57Mom and Dad, you know, they raised her so well that she is so humble and she doesn't, you know, overthink it.
03:02There's still a lot more she wants to achieve, and I'm just here trying to help her.
03:07She's very nice, and she's, of course, my whole life she's someone I've looked up to, so that's not going to change.
03:38It was really weird for me, that whole experience, because it did feel like a dream, and I still don't really feel like it happened, even though I'm holding the trophy.
03:57So I think, like, every hour that passes it feels more and more real, so I think it's one of those things that I'm always going to treasure that memory.
05:27Mentally, it was way more stress and pressure than I could have imagined, and I don't think there was anything that could have prepared me for that, especially since I'm kind of an overthinker.
06:27I don't think there was anything that could have prepared me for that, especially since I'm kind of an overthinker.