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

Everyone in this room knows that Venus is probably one of the greatest people on the tour. She's really great. She's super professional. Complete opposite of me.

I love hitting aces. It's not easy, but it makes your life a lot easier.

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

We're going in really fresh. We're going to have fresh legs and bodies, we're going to be able to stay the distance, and that's our goal.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

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.