Quotes By Serena Williams

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

How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don't know how many times I have seen that happen.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

No one likes getting their nails done more than I do.

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

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles.

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.

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

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

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

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

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

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

You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right.

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

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

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

I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.

I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.

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

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

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

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

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.

I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.

I love going to movies.

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

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

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

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.