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.
SERENA WILLIAMSI’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.’
More Serena Williams Quotes
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Growing up I wasn’t the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope.
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I’m so frugal, you wouldn’t believe it.
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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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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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Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.
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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.
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I don’t have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude.
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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 really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.
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I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.
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You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.
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There’s one thing I’m really good at, and that’s hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I’m excellent.
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No one likes getting their nails done more than I do.
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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 don’t like to lose-at anything… Yet I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God’s reward, then losing is how he teaches us.
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