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.
SERENA WILLIAMSI was just tired of losing. Life was passing me by.
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I’m a high-performance athlete: I’m running, I’m sprinting, I’m sliding, I’m doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to worry about is my chest. I want to just worry about playing the sport at the highest level that I can.
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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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I was just tired of losing. Life was passing me by.
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Luck has nothing to do with 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’m Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.
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Legendary? I don’t know. I’m just Serena.
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I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just a kid with a dream and a racquet. Living in Compton, you know, this never happened before.
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The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.
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I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.
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My goal in a couple of years is to try to build a successful fashion house like Armani or Versace. I want that more than anything.
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You can’t underestimate anyone.
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I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That’s not who I am. And I don’t want to be monotone. It’s important to be yourself, whatever the cost.
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I don’t go thinking I’m going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I’ll do the best that I can.
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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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