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.

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

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

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

People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not.

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

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.