Venus Williams Quotes (93 Quotes)

I think it's something that they can fix. I was in pain. It was really tough to move and I couldn't move fast.

I had a lot of opportunities, but she definitely played the best. I don't know if I'll take some time off. Sometimes your youth seems to pass you by because of work. I sometimes feel like I want to be young.

We both like to dictate and control the point, even though we have different styles. I guess it'll be like old times.

I've been called Rip Van Winkle. I wish they'd call me Sleeping Beauty.

I just felt like under normal circumstances I really felt like I would have been able to win that match,

I didn't feel I was really on my game, ... My feet were slow and she played really well. You have to have that little extra step and I didn't feel like I had that today. I had to fight myself to get it out of me.

Each tournament is important for me, ... Each tournament would do something to my ranking and such kind of thing, step forward for the future. Also I think it's opportunity, the opportunity to do I love, to play my best, to play for the people who appreciate what I do.

It's definitely more of a celebration to play in the finals. The fourth round, it's just really strange.

I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.

I felt like I had an opportunity at 5-3 to break, but I didn't get that, ... Then 5-4, I had a pretty bad service game, two double faults. I think Serena had like a monster return or two that I couldn't do anything with, which happens if you're playing Serena Williams. At that point it was just all about sticking in there.

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

This was my opportunity, I should take it.

I was in pain, it was really tough to move and I couldn't move fast. But I really wanted to stay on court because this is my only preparation for the Australian Open. I had to do my best to stay out there so I had to do the right things within my power.

I think I'll just improve on that, and each match at this point is important for me to get a rhythm and start dominating.

My doctors and trainers have advised me that my leg needs to fully recover in order for me to play at the level that I'm accustomed to playing.

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.

Yeah, it was bizarre, ... I think it was distracting for both of us, to be honest. ... If it's a final, it's obviously different. It was super-strange, that's for sure.

I've always tried to win against her, sometimes my efforts were thwarted by her amazing play. I think possibly I've had more momentum because I've had more opportunity to practice that she has so I think that gave me the edge.

We played all kinds of games like bobbing for apples, ... I don't get to do that, it was amazing. I took it so seriously.

This is not just about women's tennis but about women all over the world. At Wimbledon we would like to have equal prize money to prove that we are equal on all fronts. We will keep lobbying on the matter.

If I'd lived prior to the 1980s, it would have been different, because I would have been playing to prove African Americans are equal. Now, I don't necessarily feel I have to play for black people, because obviously they're doing everything in all sports. If I can go out there and play for myself and not feel I have to stand for something other than what I want to do, that's good.

It was a comedy of errors, ... She's definitely a good player but I don't think she came out there and beat me. I just kept making error after error.

At the same time, ... I feel like I have enough experience to get here and really know what it takes every day and every match, no matter what someone brings to me.

I just wasn't used to getting beaten the way she beat me, ... Every time I step on the court, even if it's against Serena, I still feel like I should be the better player because, really, that's how we were raised to think when you came out on the court. So I guess that was probably a factor.

It's a new injury that came last night, ... I'm not fit enough to play a tennis match. It's a pity I can't play but I hope I can play in Guangzhou. Maybe now I can see the Forbidden City.

The season is very long. It's pretty challenging to have to play year after year, for 10 months a year, for a human -- not a machine. You just have to watch out for yourself.

She's obviously a great player, doing things on the court that amazing, ... She's motivating other people all over the world to do their best both on the court and off the court, so I think it will be really cool and I regard her.

It's been a journey. For women of color, for my family. It's one dream coming true after another.

I'm really dedicated to getting my ranking up. I feel like, wow, I'm a very good player. There are all these people ranked ahead of me. After a while, I'm tired of being ranked low.

It doesn't matter how Serena is playing because her competitive spirit is so high, you have to go to the ends of the Earth to beat her.

Even though I've won major tennis tournaments, been on television, radio and numerous magazine covers, seeing my picture on McDonald's packaging was one of the coolest and most exciting moments of my life - I literally beamed when I saw it. McDonald's Global Casting Call will give people around the world the chance to feel the same excitement I did that day.

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.

I think the wind was definitely a test today, ... It was deathly windy. It's easy to fumble and self-destruct in those kind of conditions. I tried to add more spin, take some off the serve, try to get the first serve in... not go for too much, but of course still play the right shots, try to move forward and be aggressive.

It's what we thought we would always do, so it's a wonderful thing.

The reason I don't watch the news is because I don't like violence. My life has been touched by violence. When you watch the news, all you hear is reports of violence, ... So that's why, you know, I don't expose myself to that because it's heart-wrenching and terrible.

I just somehow fell off my form. But it's the beginning of the year and I feel like I still have a lot of success ahead of me. It's just my first event.

I just couldn't play today's match, ... I'm not fit enough to play professional tennis and so I shouldn't be out there. It's really disappointing because I was having such a great time at this tournament.

I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.

This is perfect for us because obviously we haven't played the last few weeks of the season. To be able to kind of test out ourselves and also to try new techniques just gets me really excited for next year. I'd like to be more aggressive on the court, but more than anything, I'd like to stay healthy next year.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

My health is okay. My experience will carry me even though I didn't play that many tournaments this summer. I'm mentally prepared.

Serena and I are exactly the opposite of anything that ever happened before in the game. The old tennis world was pretty reserved. Serena and I are bold. We stand out. We have color. We're strong. We're pretty. We have personalities. We think things out. We're smart.

Rusty but ready, Serena and Venus Williams wasted little time in their first step toward a possible fourth-round clash. If she wins or loses, ... I'm extra motivated either way.

No, I don't really watch the news. In some ways, I'm very unaware of the latest happenings in the world. I kind of leave it like that because sometimes it's better not to know.

Every single point will be (important), ... More than anything I'll just have to compete better. I got a lot of tricks from Serena just watching her. She inspired me so many times. I got motivated by her in the early part of my career, and even now.

Wimbledon needs to do the right thing and finally pay the women the same as the men. Players won't be satisfied until all of us -- not just one out of 128 -- are treated equally with the men.

In 10-15 years there will be a little drop-off for us. It's high tide right now, ... One day there will be another tennis player that excites people -- you can't be No. 1 forever.

Normally, I'm breaking her always. So that was not normal for me today, and my returns just seemed to go a millimeter out. It was pretty disappointing. ... Today wasn't my best day, and it was still 7-6 in the third. I know if I play decent, I'm going to win that kind of match.

We play similar games, ... We're good at covering the court and hitting hard. What's different is I'm able to play that game a little better, serve and return better, run a few more balls down. Usually when we play, I'm able to play that same game, but I step up more.

When she doesn't play her best is the best time to get a win against her,