Serena Williams Quotes

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

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.

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.

We all know who the real number one is. Quite frankly, I'm the best in the world.

We're sisters, we're roommates, we're all that.

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.

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles.

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

I'm an unbelievable designer. I don't know how I know and just do these things. I just start sketching and then I just know the colors and I always know the forecast. I know green and purple are going to be hot. I was born to be a designer. I worked hard to be a tennis player, I don't work hard to be a designer.

I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

I like to wear classic silhouettes and add a punch to it.

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.

Honestly, I don't read the press. I don't know what they're saying.

I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

It's a lot of bling to play with. You got to have the bling.

I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.

There are people who live, breathe and dress tennis.

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.

We're in different categories. She [Venus Williams] does sports, I do more of the fashion side.

Everybody who plays me plays me so hard because they always want to beat me.

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.

I was glad to watch the soccer because it helps my tennis game, realize maybe they're just rooting for the underdog.

I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.

I feel as a brand I'm here to be around for a long time.

My coach has said to me, "When you win a match or a tournament, you don't even think about it - the very next minute you're like".

With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That's what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don't want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more. Everyone always says never give up but you really have to take that to heart and really do never definitely give up. Keep trying.

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.

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.

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

In the locker rooms, I'm always suggesting, "You need Berlei." Because it's the best brand for women and for me.

When I first started really playing, in '98, I was super excited to see all the people I grew up watching. ... I loved Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, and Pete Sampras.

Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you've ever had.

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

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.

I love "Phenomenal Woman." The experiences she had of being African American in the U.S. - that itself is a task. I appreciate the hardships Maya Angelou went through for our generation. I'm super influenced by the black people that paved the way for us.

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

You can't underestimate anyone.

My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.

When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN.

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.

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

Luck has nothing to do with it.

I don't want to age myself.

Hopefully I'll be able to mature one of these days, get serious, and at least have them [kids] pretty fast.

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.

I think it's bad when people start booing between serves.

Sure, I've been on the Tube...I caught it to Eastbourne once.