Frances Tiafoe

I was born into a poor family but my family's good. I'm good and I'm going to do something great. ”

I have that balance of having fun - because I can need to have a ton of fun - but also locking it in at times. ”

Serena's arguably the best athlete of all time, so getting to know her was surreal. ”

Hopefully my era can help build the game. ”

I have fun when it's the right time to have fun, but when I lock in for practice and matches, I'm not worried about fun. ”

The thing is, everybody wants to be famous. Everybody wants to be successful. Everybody wants to be that dude, but not everybody wants to do the work for it. And I think that's probably one of the reasons why there's so many juniors and only a couple that make it. Because I really wanted it. I wanted it real bad. ”

I think my serve and trying to come forward a little more are what I need to work on. ”

I mean, sometimes you have to go to work. ”

It's not like everything was given to me. I had to really work hard for it and earn it. ”

It really shaped me as a person going to DeMatha. Anyone that plays athletics or does music or does whatever, it teaches them to work to the best of their abilities. ”