I wish I could play like Roger Federer.
SERENA WILLIAMSEveryone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.
More Serena Williams Quotes
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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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No one likes getting their nails done more than I do.
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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 do want to look good still; I do want to be healthy.
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Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you’ve ever had.
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If Plan A isn’t working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D.
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If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn’t say that my son deserves more money because he’s a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money.
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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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I always ask my dad why wasn’t I a lefty? Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.
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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 went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope and that’s all I had.
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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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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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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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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 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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Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.
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I never left my roots. You can identify me as someone that didn’t become high and mighty. Humility is a defining [trait] all of us can forever learn, and I try to be as humble as anyone can be.
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I love tennis more than designing because it’s actually easier and I don’t get nearly as nervous.
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If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.
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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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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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Am I the greatest? I don’t know. I’m the greatest that I can be.
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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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We all know who the real number one is. Quite frankly, I’m the best in the world.
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If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that’s concentration.
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