Venus Williams Quotes (93 Quotes)

That's fine because then people will be , 'okay, well, she won't be able to run'. That's a great position to be in.

She played a very aggressive game. I don't think I had an opportunity really to get a rhythm. I would have liked to have hit more balls, but it was OK.

Today was a good day. It was windy, so the conditions were a little strange like that. My toss got thrown off.

I knew she was watching when Serena won the U.S. Open and she's happy to see another black woman win in her lifetime,

I think my serve was really good today. Spin serve, tricky serve, all kinds of serve,

It's always hard to recover after a loss. . . . I have to know when it's time to step up, not to revert back to bad habits but to keep ahead with the good ones.

Obviously, if Serena was No. 60 in the world, not a huge threat, it would be completely different, and the same for me, vice versa,

If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.

We're two different people, two different players with different lives, ... But we support each other.

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.

It was really hard for me because I wanted to play the tournament, but I felt terrible and tired, and everything hurt, ... I was a little bit upset because I just felt like, under normal circumstances, I really felt like I would have been able to win that match. But it's the past now, and Kim's playing really well. Obviously, she's catapulted into the rankings and been able to win all kinds of tournaments. But I feel fine.

Having the opportunity to represent your country is such an honor. I'm looking forward to some great competition and hope to bring home a victory for the U.S.

It has always been a thrill to play near my home, and I deeply regret that I will not have the opportunity to compete at the Nasdaq-100 Open this year. My rehabilitation continues to progress, and I look forward to returning to competition in the very near future.

It's a lot of hard work to go to win the title and making these things happen,

You know the reason I don't watch the news is because I don't like violence,

The first thing you hear on the news is so-and-so got gunned down so-and-so got shot somebody got murdered. I just can't deal with it personally.

I am very disappointed to withdraw. But I feel like I need more time before I am able to compete at the highest level.

I was barely able to get out of the storm and to the U.S. Open on time, ... I didn't know it was coming till someone started talking about it from my office.

Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.

I'm just looking forward to more, I want to win another title -- starting here in Beijing.

I had some great matches but I didn't play too hot today.

Quite obviously, I want to be the world number one, and of course it's a little bit challenge right here, but it motivated me most, ... The most important thing to me is that I had the fundamental of the game, I get more out of myself, and I feel like I need to make more.

It's become a legend in our house, it's hard to separate myth from reality about this tournament,

She played fairly consistently. I probably shouldn't have made so many mistakes. I'll remember not to next time.

I'm hoping to be in the final -- 8 o'clock sharp at the dance.

I couldn't get it right today. But in general, I am playing really well. It's just like, Wow, it was the wrong time to hit wrong.

When you're on top, you're on top.

Deep down I'm disappointed I'm not able to be ranked higher,

I'd like to achieve health the whole year, stay strong and stay healthy and avoid the viruses,

It was a challenging match. She's a player with variety. Sometimes she's playing harder and hitting with spin. But that's good for me,

I feel a little more tired than usual, ... I've had to recover from everything, my illnesses and things this summer. It's not perfect circumstances, but I'm definitely going to be out there and hopefully have my letdown after the Open ... I think I'll go in mentally a lot better. When it comes down to it I don't think anyone really wants to play me because I have a lot of weapons and not a ton of weaknesses. My main weakness would probably be an occasional self-destruction mode. So I'll try not to touch that red button accidentally.

I did rehab and tried to get better the best that I could. I wasn't playing at 100 percent preparation or health and I didn't want to come back until I knew I could do that.

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

They were always positive -- they knew I could do it, ... I would just play a terrible match and my father Richard would say the most positive things. It really helped me through a difficult time.

I am an experienced player and I have been in the last four so many times. I know what I am doing.

I just tried to stay positive and not float away mentally, ... I'm at the end of the line, I've arrived in the finals. It's good for me. Got to see what's left tomorrow. And even if there's nothing left like today, I'll still find something. I just wanted to win.

It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

Every single thing she does motivates me. I guess not every single thing, but at least on the tennis court when she gives her best.

We want to be treated equally as the men. This is not just about women's tennis, but women all over the world.

I think every single point will be important, ... I think more than anything, I'll just have to be able to compete better. When you're playing Serena Williams, you have to compete better than her. I got a lot of tricks from Serena just watching her. She inspired me so many times. I also got motivated by her in the early part of my career, and even now. I just have to compete better, bottom line.

I really hope I am the last woman player in history ever to be paid unequally.

I won Wimbledon because I wanted to be like her in Australia. I just want to be like her. But if she loses, then I'm like, 'Oh, man, now I have to do it.

It was distracting for both of us, to be honest, ... I'm really dedicated to get my ranking up. I'm tired of being ranked this low. I just know myself that I'm better than No. 10. We were sad when we were heard the draw. We didn't talk about it until now. It's hard because I want her to be in the tournament. I want her to win just as much as I want to. If it's a final, it's obviously different. It was super strange, for sure.