Serena Williams Quotes
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If I'm not playing well, I do get down on myself because I am a perfectionist. So I need someone who believes in me more than I believe in me, someone willing to work as hard as I work. I don't understand what no means or what failure means; I only understand what yes means and try again means.
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I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.
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I got involved in the design process a long time ago. I've been working with their main designer Berlei for a while. It's been really fun all around.
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Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.
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We're in different categories. She Venus Williams does sports, I do more of the fashion side.
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You can't play well if you don't look good.
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I love "Phenomenal Woman." The experiences she had of being African American in the U.S. - that itself is a task. I appreciate the hardships Maya Angelou went through for our generation. I'm super influenced by the black people that paved the way for us.
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I love designing dresses and tops.
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The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.
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Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.
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Everyone in this room knows that Venus is probably one of the greatest people on the tour. She's really great. She's super professional. Complete opposite of me.
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I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had.
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It's so great to have that opportunity with so many young American players coming up now. It's just so exciting. We have to root for the home country.
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Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule...I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker.
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The red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.
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I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.
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I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.
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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.
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I can't become satisfied, because if I get satisfied, I'll be like, "Oh, I've won Wimbledon, I've won the U.S. Open. Now can I relax." But now people are really going to be fighting to beat me.
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I grew up watching my mom in the kitchen, that's how I know anything about cooking. I've always wanted to go to a culinary class actually.
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Will I have to explain to my daughter that her brother is gonna make more money doing the exact same job because he's a man? If they both played sports since they were three years old, they both worked just as hard, but because he's a boy, they're gonna give him more money? Like, how am I gonna explain that to her? In tennis we've had great pioneers that paved the way - including Venus Williams, who fought so hard for Wimbledon to pay women the same prize money they pay men, and Billie Jean King, who is one of the main reasons Title IX exists.
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I just never give up. I fight to the end. You can't go out and say, 'I want a bag of never-say-die spirit.' It's not for sale. It has to be innate.
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I meet people who say, "Girl, I watch every match, and I pray for you." I feel that energy and those prayers. Sometimes when I'm down on the court, in the back of my mind, I'm thinking, "They want me to win. Is there anything else I can give?" It encourages me to do better, to fight harder.
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I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.