The one and only Cocoa Golf.

Welcome to Stephen A's World.

How you doing?

Coco has everything.

I'm good in you.

I'm doing great.

Especially since you're here.

Stephen A's world.

Thank you for being here.

I just want to ask you you'll be 17 on Saturday.

You're currently ranked as one of the top 40 singles players in the world.

I just want to know how you feel.

How do you feel about where you are in your career right now?

I'm feeling great.

I'm happy where I'm at.

But I'm excited to go even further.

When you talk about being excited about where you are, talk to me about how you feel about your growth over the last year.

So how do you feel you're progressing or what is it that you like so much about your game at this particular moment in time?

Um, I definitely feel like I'm progressing a lot.

And right now I like that I'm moving forward and being a lot more aggressive and definitely more confident in my strokes than I was a year ago.

When you talk about aggressive, I mean, is that just you?

Is that just your nature?

Or is it Is it your dad?

Because, you know, I've met him a couple of times.

He and I talked from time to time, and he seems like the kind of person that will say, Excuse me, You need to be more aggressive.

Who does it come from?

Definitely.

Um, I have it a little bit inside of me, but my dad brings it.

Brings it out a lot.

He always tells me, Don't step on the court unless you're ready to physically fight someone.

I like that for us.

I like I like that advice.

Talk to me about how you're handling expectations at such a young age.

Because we saw you.

You've had victories in your career over Venus Williams over Naomi.

Oh, soccer.

So obviously expectations come along with that when you beat individuals of such quality caliber.

Talk to me about the expectations for a second.

Um I mean, for me personally, there's always gonna be outside sources, but I try to focus on what I expect for myself.

And really, I expect for myself it's just to compete my hardest and try my hardest every point.

And, um, I mean, I go on the court every match, believing that I can win, no matter who the opponent is.

And, um, I just expect myself to do my best and compete.

And then when I if I lose, I lose.

But, I mean, I don't like losing, so I try my best.

There are people that have been around the game a lot longer and in various sports a lot longer, a lot older, that have a hard time weeding out the outside noise.

No matter how much they deny it.

They listen to it, they hear it, it affects them.

It affects their performances from time to time.

Do you believe that you've been successful in doing so and sort of tuning out the noise, and if so, how have you been able to do it?

I feel like it definitely.

I've been successful at it.

I mean, there's been maybe one or two matches where it probably affected me, but I lost those matches and I said never again.

So what I do, I just turn off my phone and just focus on myself.

And ever since then I've been doing a good job with tuning out what other people have to say.

And I think that, um, it's just more important to focus on your mindset, whereas if you focus on the media can really tear you down.

And I think I've done a pretty good job at that.

I've read where you I read where it was said that the best advice.

You said the best advice you've ever received was from your dad.

In terms of your professional career, the best realize you received was that he told you it's just the game.

It's just a game.

First of all, is that accurate?

Is that what you said?

And number two?

And more importantly, if so, how should everybody take that?

I mean, it's just a game.

Some people out there, you know, in the outside world that we're talking about, they want you to live and die with every match they want victory to be, to be all and end all they don't want to hear.

It's just the game.

What?

How do you respond to that.

So, for I think that advice just depends on the person for me, I tend to overthink and sometimes come into a match as life or death as people outside watching.

I think I played my best tennis when I actually think it's just a game and I have to remember that I have to enjoy, and if I don't enjoy it, then I'm not going to get the results that I want.

And I just go out there and just have fun and even, um, sometimes when the moment seem a little bit stressful, I really those are the moments I live for, and I just and that's just the best advice I ever been given.

It's just it's just a game, and I have to constantly remind myself that almost every point let me transition off the field of play the tennis court of play, as they say and ask you about this.

What have you been doing with yourself since you've obviously had to live in virtual quarantine because of the coronavirus pandemic?

What have you been doing with yourself?

I hear you've been watching some shows on Netflix and things of that nature What have you been doing with yourself?

Cocoa.

So I've been doing a lot of homework.

A lot of Netflix and YouTube and, um, a lot of marvel marathons watching movies over and over again.

I'm gonna shock you.

Are you ready for this?

Can you see me right now?

Because let me tell you something.

You in Dubai?

I'm here in New York City.

There's a reason.

And I wanted you to come on this show today.

Coco, guess what?

Me?

Stephen A.

Smith.

Guess what?

I just finished watching Coco.

One division I taping your hands, so I'm gonna go with Juan Division.

Here we go.

I got even.

I even got the kpi even got the cape.

Let me Let me put this thing on here.

Coco, You see this?

I got one division because obviously my daughter has me watching it.

My daughter Nyla has me watching it, and I am a fan of this.

I loved the series.

What was your favorite part about one division?

My favorite part is when she be Agatha.

That was my favorite part.

And I have a theory that she's going to be a villain and I normally don't support the villains, but I'm gonna support her if she doesn't want the next Marvel movie.

You think what is going to be the vision?

I don't think she's gonna be the vision.

The villain.

I think if she was going to be the villain Cocoa, I think she would have talked the time she she would have.

She would have killed them all.

She could have killed them all, but she didn't.

I think in the next doctor Strange movie.

I think she's gonna accidentally tear up the multiverse looking for her kids.

And Doctor Strange is going to have to fix it all.

Which vision did you like?

Okay, which vision did you like?

The one inside?

The one inside a West View or the one outside?

Oh, God, I think I'm gonna go with the one inside.

I don't know if you've seen the memes of vision and all the the Photoshop gold chains and do rags on him.

So I'm gonna go with the inside West View vision.

But you really think she's gonna be she?

You think she's gonna be evil?

You think Agatha got the better?

Fucking I mean, obviously, she handled her business there.

But you think she's gonna end up being a bad scarlet, which that's what you think she's gonna be?

I think so.

But I think she'll go back to normal at some point in the timeline.

But I think she's going to be a villain for a little bit.

All right.

What about what about her love interest We all need love.

Cocoa and visions gone.

I mean, he's gone.

Now she's all by myself.

What is she gonna do?

Who's she gonna fall in love with?

I mean, doesn't she need that?

Yeah, she does.

I don't know.

I was crying when vision had to go away.

So I think we all need vision.

Not just wonder you were crying about it.

Yeah, I like vision.

I gotta tell you, I got to tell you three times I won't admit I won't.

I won't.

I won't say I was crying, but I must admit, I was a little bit sad.

That vision was going.

I must I must admit, I was a little bit sad about it.

Your eyes are sweating a little bit a little bit.

Just a little bit.

Just a little bit.

Just a little bit Council.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for being here with me today.

I appreciate it.

Good luck in the future.

All right, Take care.

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