I was just tired of losing. Life was passing me by.
SERENA WILLIAMSI was just tired of losing. Life was passing me by.
SERENA WILLIAMSMy smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.
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.’
SERENA WILLIAMSWith my website, I’m really interactive. I’ve written a lot of things about me.
SERENA WILLIAMSI’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.
SERENA WILLIAMSI feel as a brand I’m here to be around for a long time.
SERENA WILLIAMSI 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.
SERENA WILLIAMSI 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.
SERENA WILLIAMSI think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I’m still learning to love myself.
SERENA WILLIAMSI really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.
SERENA WILLIAMSI 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.
SERENA WILLIAMSYou 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.
SERENA WILLIAMSEveryone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.
SERENA WILLIAMSFamily’s first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.
SERENA WILLIAMSNothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.
SERENA WILLIAMSLuck 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.
SERENA WILLIAMS