"I can do anything and nothing will bother me": Naomi Osaka returns to tennis after childbirth with new outlook on life and opinions of others
WTAThursday, 11 January 2024 at 02:30
Former world number one Japan’s Naomi Osaka has stated that
she now has a new outlook on life after becoming a mother.
The 26-year-old has recently returned to the court after a
gap of more than one year and appeared in the recently concluded Brisbane International.
Osak was recently quoted in a report ahead of the Australian Open 2024 where she
stated that she now has a new outlook on life after becoming a mother.
“I feel so strong,” she said. “People talk about childbirth,
but it’s different once you experience it. I just feel like I can do anything
and nothing will bother me, and the pain tolerance has definitely increased a
lot from that. I just don’t really care about other people’s opinions anymore.”
“It’s weird because I’ve lived most of my life, I guess,
listening to my parents or always feeling the pressure of wanting to make them
proud or make other people proud. And I don’t know when it happened, but I just
started wanting to do things for myself. It’s a growing-up moment.
“Even from last year to this year, I feel like a completely
different person. Just finding my voice and knowing what I want to stand for,
and knowing the things that are important to me is something that I’ve had to
learn throughout the years.”
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