Serena Williams
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.Collection: Fitness
Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.Collection: Family
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.Collection: Good
I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.Collection: Thankful
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?Collection: Travel
I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.Collection: Work
Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.Collection: Work
Tennis just a game, family is forever.Collection: Family
My dad is the nicest guy you'll ever meet, and the easiest going.Collection: Dad
I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy.Collection: Smile
I think a smile can make your whole body. Models, they look fabulous, but they don't smile, and they look so mad.Collection: Smile
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.Collection: Love
My mom taught me how to sew when I was 2 or 3, so I've been sewing for as long as I can remember.Collection: Mom
If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.
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.
If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.
I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.
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.
Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.
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.
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.
I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.
I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times.
I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.
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.'
I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.
I want to knock on people's doors and preach. But I also meet a lot of people on planes and in restaurants, and you can preach with them or place some literature with them.
When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.
I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.
I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.
All my life I'd woken up to tennis, tennis, tennis. Even if I don't go to practise, I'm thinking about it all day.
When I'm down, I talk to myself a lot. I look crazy because I'm constantly having an argument with myself.
Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.
I'm an unbelievable designer.
I'm totally human.
My story isn't over... This is just a new part of my life. My baby is going to be in the stands - hopefully cheering for me and not crying too much!
I think it's bad when people start booing between serves.
I'm definitely not at my best. Honestly, I'm under 50 percent. But I've won stuff under 50 percent before.
People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not.
Once I serve well, my whole game goes up.
I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.
I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.
I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.
I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.
I do want to look good still; I do want to be healthy.
I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.
I love my dogs.
I'm so frugal, you wouldn't believe it.
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.