Top 100 Serena Williams Quotes
#1. It's a corset design making me look very, very slim and trim. I call it a corset dress. Very Hollywood glamour with the silk.
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#2. I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall
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#3. 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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#4. I have a wonderful white coat I can wear on the court and also in New York for those rainy days ... its lady-like and goes perfect with my personality.
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#5. 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.
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#7. I've always made some legendary comebacks since 1998 when it first started. So that's kind of just been my MO for my whole career.
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#8. I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.
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#9. I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play well, which I don't think I've even reached yet at all in this tournament, it's really hard for anyone to beat me.
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#10. It's a lot of bling to play with. You got to have the bling.
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#11. 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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#13. I've thought it would be cool to have a baby young. You know, be my road dog - like my dogs, they travel the world - but there's always something you have to give up for success. Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?
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#14. Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on.
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#15. My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.
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#16. No, I don't read the papers. I just look at the pictures.
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#17. 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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#18. 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.
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#19. 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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#20. When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN.
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#21. The red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.
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#22. I feel like I'm really young and I'm only thinking about my career and continuing playing.
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#23. I'm playing to around 30% of my potential - you'd be shocked at what I could do.
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#24. Sure, I've been on the Tube ... I caught it to Eastbourne once.
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#25. Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.
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#26. Honestly, I could get in a car accident today and never play tennis again, and then I wouldn't have anything to fall back on. But fortunately enough, I do.
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#27. I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.
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#28. I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.
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#29. I was just tired of losing ... Life was passing me by.
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#32. 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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#33. I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer
I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.
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#34. Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule ... I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker.
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#36. I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times.
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#37. I've been getting my reel together. I think they are looking at me more as an actress because I have a lot of potential and a lot of skills.
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#38. 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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#39. I love metaphors. I've never been on this train ... If I'm standing on the middle of a track, I'm definitely going to get derailed. I have to make sure that I'm on the train and not in front of it.
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#40. I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.
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#41. For the younger sisters, we always look up to the older sisters because they're always ahead of us and they always win.
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#42. It's so great to have that opportunity with so many young American players coming up now. It's just so exciting. We have to root for the home country.
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#43. Everyone is from Russia. Sometimes I think I'm from Russia, too. All these new Ovas. I don't know anyone. I don't really recognise anyone. That's just how it is. I think my name must be Williamsova.
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#44. If I'm not playing well, I do get down on myself because I am a perfectionist. [So I need] someone who believes in me more than I believe in me, someone willing to work as hard as I work. I don't understand what no means or what failure means; I only understand what yes means and try again means.
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#46. I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.
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#47. I feel like I don't have to win anymore. I've had a wonderful career. Tennis has given me so much, things I would have never expected in my life. I feel honored to even be a part of such a wonderful sport.
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#49. The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.
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#50. 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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#51. I never thought about leaving a tennis legacy. I always thought about leaving a legacy of fulfillment, living out your dreams, and giving back.
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#53. I was having an out-of-body experience, it was so hot. I felt I was watching someone play in a blue dress, and it wasn't me.
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#54. Hold serve,Hold serve,Hold serve. Focus,Focus,Focus. Be confident,Be confident,Be confident. Hold serve. Hold,Hold,Hold. Move Up, Attack, Kill. Smile. Hold!!!
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#55. I love hitting aces. It's not easy, but it makes your life a lot easier.
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#56. I was talking to my mom one time, like, "Gosh, I'm 30." And she's like, "In your thirties you're even stronger than in your twenties." I didn't believe her, but I have played better in my thirties.
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#57. 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.
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#58. I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I'm still learning to love myself.
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#59. I always say if I play my best it's difficult to beat me
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#60. When I'm 32? Hopefully I'll have made my mark with a few different movies, some scary ones and some comedies. I'm really funny, I have a great personality on the camera.
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#61. The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you're very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.
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#62. My goal in a couple of years is to try to build a successful fashion house like Armani or Versace. I want that more than anything.
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#63. 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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#64. I've almost lost several times but come through that. Being able to play your way through the tournament is really able to help.
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#65. I played pretty well in my twenties, don't get me wrong! But my consistency is better [in my thirties], my momentum is better, my wins are quicker.
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#66. I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.
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#67. If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.
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#68. When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.
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#69. Am I the greatest? I don't know. I'm the greatest that I can be.
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#70. I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.
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#71. Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.
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#72. I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.
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#74. I can't become satisfied, because if I get satisfied, I'll be like, "Oh, I've won Wimbledon, I've won the U.S. Open. Now can I relax." But now people are really going to be fighting to beat me.
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#75. I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list.
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#76. We all know who the real number one is. Quite frankly, I'm the best in the world.
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#77. 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.
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#78. I do want to look good still; I do want to be healthy.
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#79. I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.
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#80. I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.
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#81. 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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#82. 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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#83. I was glad to watch the soccer because it helps my tennis game, realize maybe they're just rooting for the underdog.
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#84. I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who I am. And I don't want to be monotone. It's important to be yourself, whatever the cost.
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#86. 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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#87. I'll probably be wearing something fun and sexy as usual, but I can't say it will be the 'Catsuit.'
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#88. 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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#89. I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff ... I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that.
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#90. With my website, I'm really interactive. I've written a lot of things about me.
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#91. I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.
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#93. 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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#94. I would be really excellent in a horror film because I have a great scream. I'd be really good in a comedy too. I'm top, top, top quality.
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#95. I just hate to lose. When I am on the court, it is like my life depends on it.
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#96. 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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#97. I definitely want to have kids one day. That's something I've always wanted since as long as I could remember. And the older I get, the more I'm like, "I'm too young!"
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#100. I try not to have too many rituals because I believe that rituals don't help you win. I used to do rituals a lot and it was crazy.
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