Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Nerves are normal. You can't be cured from them unless you're a machine.

Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.

We're breaking records and we're moving forward. I always expected to win Grand Slams. This was meant to be.

We're all conditioned that we shouldn't like our brothers and sisters, that we should be angry and fight. But that's abnormal. A lot of people think that the way Serena and I are with one another is weird. It's not.

You know, growing up my - you know, I came from Compton, Calif., and, you know, it was a place where a lot of people did come out when a lot of people stayed. So I've been able to see the top and the bottom of life, and I think that balances you if you allow it to and if you remember where you came from.

The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.