Venus told me the other day that champions don’t get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn’t get nervous and just do the best I can.
SERENA WILLIAMSI’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 think my father is probably the best coach ever because, if we talk about numbers, he’s got a lot and he’s only had two players.
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I like to wear classic silhouettes and add a punch to it. I’ll wear a high-waist legging and a super-crop top or a see-through top with a nice bra underneath. And I just always try to mix it up with heels or something.
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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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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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No one likes getting their nails done more than I do.
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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 you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I’m still learning to love myself.
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When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN.
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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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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’m really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I’m really sexy.
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Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they’re afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive.
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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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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 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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