If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that’s concentration.
SERENA WILLIAMSI went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope and that’s all I had.
More Serena Williams Quotes
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If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn’t say that my son deserves more money because he’s a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money.
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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
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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.’
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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.
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I’m really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I’m really sexy.
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I don’t go there thinking I’m going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I’ll do the best that I can. I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn’t be really excited about. So that’s all I can focus on.
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I just hate to lose. When I am on the court, it is like my life depends on it.
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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.
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I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.
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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.
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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.
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I’ve always been a fighter and I’ve always fought through things my whole life.
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People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you’re a robot, and I’m not.
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Family’s first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.
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I wish I could play like Roger Federer.
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