HARD AND JUST CONTINUE TO DREAM
BIG.
>> COCO JOINS US NOW, LIVE FROM
WIMB
WIMBLEDON.
GOOD MORNING, COCO.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, TOO.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A
CHANCE TO SOAK IT IN.
WHEN YOU OPENED YOUR EYES THIS
MORNING AND THOUGHT OF THIS LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS, IS IT STARTING
TO HIT YOU NOW, WHAT HAPPENED,
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
>> HONESTLY, NO.
I MEAN, I WOKE UP, AND I'M STILL
LIVING A DREAM.
WALKING ON THE STREET, PEOPLE
WERE ASKING FOR PICTURES.
IT IS REALLY CRAZY, AND I DON'T
THINK I'LL EVER BELIEVE IT, TO
BE HONEST.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU WERE NOT A
HOUSEHOLD NAME.
NOW YOU ARE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALIZE,
YOU WERE A WILD CARD.
YOU HAD TO PLAY YOUR WAY INTO
WIMBLEDON BY WINNING THREE
MATCHES.
>> YEAH.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE MOMENT YOU
FIND OUT, OKAY, YOU'RE INTO
WIMBLEDON, AND YOUR FIRST
OPPONENT IS VENUS WILLIAMS.
>> HONESTLY, I WAS VERY SHOCKED.
I MEAN, I KIND OF HAD A FEELING
I WOULD PLAY ONE OF THE WILLIAMS
SISTERS.
I WAS STILL VERY SHOCKED, AND I
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST,
UNTIL I WENT ON THE WIMBLEDON
APP AND LOOKED AT THE DRAW.
HONESTLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID,
YOUR NERVOUS, ARE YOU MAD?
I WAS LIKE, NO, I'M SUPER
EXCITED.
IT WAS ALWAYS A DREAM OF MINE TO
PLAY VENUS, AND I NEVER THOUGHT
IT'D BE SO SOON.
>> WELL THEN, NOT ONLY DID YOU
PLAY HER, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW
YOU BEAT HER.
AND I LOVED THAT MOMENT RIGHT
AFTER THE MATCH.
YOU WALK TO THE NET, SHAKE
HANDS.
I THOUGHT, LOOKING AT YOU, COCO,
YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY YOU EVER
WANTED TO SAY TO VENUS WILLIAMS
IN THAT MOMENT.
>> YEAH.
HONESTLY, THE NIGHT BEFORE, I
KIND OF PLANNED OUT WHAT I WAS
GOING TO SAY.
I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE ON THE
WINNING END, TO BE HONEST.
I SAY I ALWAYS HAVE BELIEF IN
MYSELF, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN MY
SO SHOCKED.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY A REALLY
GOOD MOMENT, AND I ALWAYS WANTED
TO TELL HER THAT AFTER THE
MATCH.
>> TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IT HAS
BEEN LIKE NOW.
WE TALK ABOUT YOU GOING DOWN THE
STREET AND PEOPLE WANTING YOUR
PICTURE.
YOU WALK INTO WIMBLEDON, WON
YOUR WAY IN THERE, AND NOW
YOU'RE IN THE MAIN DRAW.
YOU'RE IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
YOU'RE RUNNING INTO YOUR IDOLS
AND FAMOUS TENNIS PLAYERS
EVERYWHERE.
THEY KNOW YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE?
>> IT'S BEEN CRAZY.
THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE
GIRLS HAS BEEN AMAZING,
ESPECIALLY THE AMERICAN PLAYERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING ME SO MUCH
SUPPORT.
AFTER EVERY MATCH, THEY'RE
CHEERING ME ON AND DIRECT
MESSAGING ME, EVEN THROUGHOUT
THE QUALIFYING THEY WERE TEXTING
ME.
THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN AMAZING
FROM PEOPLE IN THE TOURNAMENT
AND FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF YOUR
MATCHES.
OBVIOUSLY, THE VENUS MATCH WAS
INCREDIBLE, BUT YOUR THIRD ROUND
MATCH, YOU WERE DOWN AND OUT.
HONESTLY, I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER, COCO.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU PULLED IT
TOGETHER AND HAD THAT POISE TO
COME BACK AND WIN.
WHAT DID YOU TELL YOURSELF, WHEN
YOU'RE FACING MATCH POINT?
YOU'RE LITERALLY ABOUT TO LOSE
THE MATCH, AND YOU COME BACK AND
WIN IT.
>> I WAS JUST TELLING MYSELF TO
GO FOR MY SHOTS.
IT'S EITHER NOW OR NEVER.
I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN MY MYSELF,
EVEN WHEN THE SCORE LINE DOESN'T
SAY SO.
HONESTLY, I WAS JUST -- I REALLY
FOUGHT MY WAY THROUGH THAT
MATCH.
SHE WAS PLAYING AMAZING, AND I
WAS JUST STAYING IN THERE.
EVEN WHEN YOUR OPPONENT IS
PLAYING REALLY GOOD, IF YOU JUST
STAY IN THERE, MAYBE SOMETHING
GOOD WITH HAPPEN.
>> YOUR PARENTS, BY THE WAY,
HAVE BECOME KIND OF FAMOUS, TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY
VIDEO.
>> YES.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEIR
MOVES IN THE STANDS?
WE HAVE DANCE MOVES, CHEERING.
>> YEAH.
IT'S KIND OF WEIRD BECAUSE MY
MOM, SHE'S NEVER REALLY LIKE
THAT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
SOME OF THE STUFF -- LIKE WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT IT LAST
NIGHT, LIKE WHAT POSSESSED YOU
TO EVEN DO THAT?
IT WAS SO FUNNY.
I'VE SEEN SO MANY VIDEOS OF HER,
PEOPLE RE-TWEETING HER.
HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE
LIKES IT OR NOT, BUT I'M
DEFINITELY LOVING IT.
>> SPEAKING OF RE-TWEETS AND
SOCIAL MEDIA, I MEAN, YOU'VE
HEARD FROM MICHELLE OBAMA.
>> CRAZY.
>> BEYONCE'S MOM.
WHAT IS ON YOUR HIGHLIGHT REEL
OF FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING
ABOUT YOU?
>> HONESTLY, EACH AND EVERY ONE
HAS BEEN SPECIAL.
FORMER FIRST LADY, MICHELLE
OBAMA, THAT WAS SO SURPRISING TO
ME.
I LOOKED UP TO HER SO LONG.
HAVING HER IN THE WHITE HOUSE
AND SEEING A BLACK WOMAN IN THE
WHITE HOUSE WAS DEFINITELY
SPECIAL FOR ME AS A LITTLE GIRL.
>> COCO, YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE NOW
GOING TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO
MANY.
YOUR CAREER IS JUST GETTING
STARTED.
JUST SO WE HAVE THIS ON TAPE TO
PLAY BACK FOR YOU YEARS FROM
NOW, WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST GOAL?
WHAT IS YOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHT?
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE?
>> I HAVE MY ULTIMATE GOAL JUST
TO BE THE GREATEST.
I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF
TRY TO SAY, OH, THAT WON'T
HAPPEN, BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE
THAT YOU SHOULD REALLY DREAM
HIGH AND DREAM TO THE HIGHEST
POSSIBILITY.
ANYTHING CAN POSSIBLE.
>> YOUR DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE,
COCO.
IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE T