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.
SERENA WILLIAMSTennis just a game, family is forever.
More Serena Williams Quotes
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Legendary? I don’t know. I’m just Serena.
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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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People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you’re a robot, and I’m not.
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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 not one to blame anyone else for anything. And I don’t think anyone else should either.
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I 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.
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I’m a perfectionist. I’m pretty much insatiable. I feel there’s so many things I can improve on.
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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 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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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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Luck has nothing to do with it.
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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
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If you smile things will work out.
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Am I the greatest? I don’t know. I’m the greatest that I can be.
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I’m not used to crying. It’s a little difficult. All my life I’ve had to fight. It’s just another fight I’m going to have to learn how to win, that’s all. I’m just going to have to keep smiling.
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