Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on.

Who says that your thirties is when you're supposed to be done? I would like to know who made that rule!

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

With my website, I'm really interactive. I've written a lot of things about me.

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.

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.

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