Serena Williams's Quotes

I'm totally human.

I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.

I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents.

I've never been over-dramatic in my whole career.

If I step on a scale, I won't eat for five months.

It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.

My dad is a marketing mastermind.

My dad is the nicest guy you'll ever meet, and the easiest going.

My school was really small, but I was called the Class Clown!

Once I serve well, my whole game goes up.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.

We're going in really fresh. We're going to have fresh legs and bodies, we're going to be able to stay the distance, and that's our goal.

When I was younger, I was always obsessed with nails.

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

I definitely have found a balance. I've had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.

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.

I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

Tennis just a game, family is forever.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.

I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times.

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

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.

I 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.

I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy.

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.

I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.

I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.

No one likes getting their nails done more than I do.

To this day, I don't love my arms. People want more fit arms, but my arms are too fit. But I'm not complaining. They pay my bills.

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

I love my dogs.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.

I'm so frugal, you wouldn't believe it.

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

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.