Serena Williams Quotes

I’m definitely not a fearless individual.

I think a smile can make your whole body. Models, they look fabulous, but they don’t smile, and they look so mad.

When I was younger, I was always obsessed with nails.

I do want to look good still; I do want to be healthy.

I’m a perfectionist. I’m pretty much insatiable. I feel there’s so many things I can improve on.

Honestly, I don’t read the press. I don’t know what they’re saying.

We’re going in really fresh. We’re going to have fresh legs and bodies, we’re going to be able to stay the distance, and that’s our goal.

My dad is the nicest guy you’ll ever meet, and the easiest going.

If I step on a scale, I won’t eat for five months.

I try not to have too many rituals because I believe that rituals don’t help you win. I used to do rituals a lot and it was crazy.

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn’t easy – it took me a while.

I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.

I hate losing.

I’ve always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents.

I don’t know if I’ve had my share of drama, but I’ve definitely had my share of hard times.

I love going shopping.

I feel as a brand I’m here to be around for a long time.

I’ve developed a karaoke habit. I’ve become a crooner.

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

I’m really super feminine, and I’m really soft. I’m very sensitive, I realized.

It’s always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.

I’m not used to crying. It’s a little difficult. All my life I’ve had to fight. It’s just another fight I’m going to have to learn how to win, that’s all. I’m just going to have to keep smiling.

I think it’s bad when people start booing between serves.

Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we’ll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that’s concentration.

Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

There’s one thing I’m really good at, and that’s hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I’m excellent.

I love designing dresses and tops.

I’m super-curvy.

I’ve thought it would be cool to have a baby young. You know, be my road dog – like my dogs, they travel the world – but there’s always something you have to give up for success. Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?

I definitely have found a balance. I’ve had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.

I’m really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I’m really sexy.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

I’m a real extrovert, but when I’m round someone new, I’m super shy.

I’ve always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.

My story isn’t over… This is just a new part of my life. My baby is going to be in the stands – hopefully cheering for me and not crying too much!

I’m an athlete and I’m black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I’m paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, ‘You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.’

I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

I’ve always been a fighter and I’ve always fought through things my whole life.

People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you’re a robot, and I’m not.

I’m definitely not at my best. Honestly, I’m under 50 percent. But I’ve won stuff under 50 percent before.

I was just tired of losing… Life was passing me by.

I want to knock on people’s doors and preach. But I also meet a lot of people on planes and in restaurants, and you can preach with them or place some literature with them.

My school was really small, but I was called the Class Clown!

I’m so frugal, you wouldn’t believe it.

I’ve never been over-dramatic in my whole career.

Tennis is my job, but it’s not my life.

Family’s first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.