"I think for me it means maybe a little bit different, but sometimes I forget the impact you have on, especially like when I see a young Korean girl or family, they come up to me and they, like, love my mom and they love me just because they see themselves being represented on a bigger stage or an area where there's not a lot of Asian-Americans, let alone Asian-American women, especially in sports. Especially my mom being in the NFL, NHL, it's kind of like non-existent."- Pegula told reporters
"I don't think I realized it till maybe, I don't know, three or four years ago when I started to play better, have better results. My mom was more in the spotlight. You get those people that come up to you, Oh, my God, my daughters love you, they're such big fans. They're also half Asian. We're from Korea, we came over here. You realize the importance of representation."
"I think for me that's kind of what it means, is seeing the difference you make. Even though I didn't exactly grow up fully Korean, it's something that now I think me and my family and my sister have also wanted to learn more about because we realize how important it is for those that come over here and those that are in Asia and they see us in these different lights kind of representing them when there's not a lot of us."
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