Serena Williams Quotes (48 Quotes)

I've always been a beauty junkie. I've tried every product. I'm addicted to products. I can't go into the mall without buying everything. I said to my manager, 'I should get a beauty deal, I'm going to go broke buying all these products.

There are like 50 players from Russia in the top 10. Every week you have to play an 'ova. They ask, 'Who're you playing' I say, 'I'm playing an 'ova' today.

Tennis just a game, family is forever.

I definitely feel like this is as good as I've felt in a while. I'm hitting better than I have in two years,

I used to do gymnastics, so sometimes when I would go to the pool, I would go to the diving board, ... But I was always too scared to jump off.

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

To me it doesn't matter. If they'd closed the roof I would have been okay, but if they kept it open I was fine too.

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.

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

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 played terrible. I never expected a tough match like this. I'm disappointed I couldn't perform better.

Because of my ankle injury I had to take some time off so my leg isn't as strong as it needs to be, ... So the pain in my knee is a result of that.

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.

She should have a high level of confidence and I hope next time we play it will be in the final. Early on is awkward and bizarre.

Hopefully, next time we meet will be in the finals. It's very weird and awkward and bizarre to meet so early. I don't think I played my best, and I don't think Venus did, either.

I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this It was a joke. Like I said, I'm not in the competition.

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'd prefer she not umpire at my court anymore. She's obviously anti-Serena.

I talked with Tom Hanks. I saw that movie 'Turner and Hooch' at least 50 times. It took all my guts to go up to him. I went up to him, I was like, 'Can I have a picture' We talked acting he wanted to know what I was doing. We talked a little tennis. I mean, he knew all about myself and my sister.

I don't think there's anyone besides Venus that could have beaten me at this championship, ... Honestly, I'm playing better than I had in Australia.

So, I can only imagine what it must be like in New Orleans, especially looking at all the footage, all the rain, all this horrible stuff. I thought it would be just a halfway decent gesture.

I just played terrible. Sun played very well and was ready for the match. I'm disappointed I couldn't perform better today.

I can't become satisfied, because if I get satisfied, I'll be like, Oh, I've won Wimbledon, I've won the U.S. Open. Now can I relax. But now people are really going to be fighting to beat me.

It could come very soon. All I can do is play to get to the fourth round. Venus and I just have to get there. No one gets me more motivated than Venus. She won Wimbledon and has five majors. I still have seven titles. So I have to stay ahead of her.

For the younger sisters, we always look up to the older sisters because they're always ahead of us and they always win.

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

I had worn five carat diamond earrings at Wimbledon. But the earrings I had today were 40,000 earrings on loan and one fell out during the first set. New York and the U.S. Open are the biggest stages and I wanted to do something special. I love everything

No one gets me more motivated than Venus because I don't want her to catch up with me yet. She's at five (Grand Slam tournament titles) now. I still have seven. So I got to keep ahead.

fits my personality. It's young, colorful, funky, cool it's a great fit for me.

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

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.

Ankle's good, but I'm just dealing with some issues with my knee because of my ankle, ... Since it went bad, my ankle, my knee got a little weak. Well, weaker than it has been in the past...I was so angry (during the match), I just wanted to crack every r

My game has matured, and mentally, I've just matured to another level. That is a major factor in it. Some people mature really late.

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

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

I definitely feel I have the game to be number one and I would not strive for anything less or let it enter my mind.

I don't think you realize, I have a fashion company,

We don't have play time anymore because she's always on the computer. ... I'm like, 'Are you serious Why don't you come to the pool'

Two or three years ago, she was playing really awesome, ... Now she's playing unbelievable.

She's playing unbelievable. I'm just going to have to pick up, ... Each game I'm picking up the level of my play.

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

I think I actually made a very kind gesture out of nowhere, ... I just decided in the middle of the match, you know, for every ace I hit, I want to donate money, stuff like that. So I don't get that one.

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.

She's playing unbelievable, so I'm going to have to pick it up. Venus has been working hard for quite some time to turn this thing up. She's always in the gym, running miles, always practicing. . . . It was just a matter of timing.

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 love tennis. Quite frankly, I'm tired of people saying I put tennis third and last in my life. If I did, I wouldn't be here playing. I wouldn't be here practicing. I could be at the beach. I could be retired. I could be drinking lemonade with my legs crossed in the sun on the beach. I'm not doing that. I'm not in Saint-Tropez.

I disagree 100 percent with that, ... We've had some incredibly tough matches.