I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

Tennis just a game, family is forever.

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

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.

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.

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

I definitely have found a balance. I've had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.

I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.

Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

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

I'm definitely not at my best. Honestly, I'm under 50 percent. But I've won stuff under 50 percent before.

Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.

I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

The knee just isn't 100 percent. It's hard to be out there when you know that you can't play at your best and could potentially make it worse.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

All my life I'd woken up to tennis, tennis, tennis. Even if I don't go to practise, I'm thinking about it all day.

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.

How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don't know how many times I have seen that happen.

I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.

I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.

I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times.

I feel like I'm really young and I'm only thinking about my career and continuing playing.

I love going shopping.

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while.

I think a smile can make your whole body. Models, they look fabulous, but they don't smile, and they look so mad.

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

I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.

I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.

I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'

I'm so frugal, you wouldn't believe it.

I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.

I'm totally human.

I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.

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

I've always enjoyed acting. When we were younger, my sisters and I would put on plays for our parents.

I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.

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

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

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.

My mom taught me how to sew when I was 2 or 3, so I've been sewing for as long as I can remember.

No one likes getting their nails done more than I do.

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.

There's one thing I'm really good at, and that's hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I'm excellent.