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'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.

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

My mom taught me how to sew when I was super young; I used to make clothes for my dolls. When I finally went to [fashion design] school [in 1999], I really took to pattern making. Everyone in class was good at something; I was the person, if you need help with your patterns, you come to me and I would help you out.

I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list.

I'm proud to have opened [two] schools in Africa and one in Jamaica [through the Serena Williams Fund and its partners]. I was given a lot. I was given two parents. That's already starting above a lot of kids. And then I was given the opportunity to play tennis and parents who supported that. I feel I can give back.

Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.