I really hope that I can be helpful in that journey because I do believe that women deserve the same pay. We work just as hard as men do. I’ve been working, playing tennis, since I was three years old. And to be paid less just because of my sex – it doesn’t seem fair.
SERENA WILLIAMSIf I’m winning, I have to act like I’m not bored. If it’s A tough match, I have to act like I’m having A good time. I’m a drama queen.
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If I’m winning, I have to act like I’m not bored. If it’s A tough match, I have to act like I’m having A good time. I’m a drama queen.
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I just never give up. I fight to the end. You can’t go out and say, ‘I want a bag of never-say-die spirit.’ It’s not for sale. It has to be innate.
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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 really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I’m really sexy.
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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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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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Family’s first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.
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If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.
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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
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Since I don’t look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.
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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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Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.
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We all know who the real number one is. Quite frankly, I’m the best in the world.
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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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