Best 161 quotes of Serena Williams on MyQuotes

A lifetime with Venus Williams will not be enough.

All I want is to have fun in what I'm doing every day. I don't want to break records. To become the greatest player ever could take me like...10 more years and I don't think I'll still be playing at 31.

Couple years ago I was No. 7 and I ended up top. So I kind of like the position that I'm at right now. It's hot.

Dad thanks for leaning in by helping me become a role model for young girls.

Everybody who plays me plays me so hard because they always want to beat me.

Everyone in this room knows that Venus is probably one of the greatest people on the tour. She's really great. She's super professional. Complete opposite of me.

Everyone is from Russia. Sometimes I think I'm from Russia, too. All these new Ovas. I don't know anyone. I don't really recognise anyone. That's just how it is. I think my name must be Williamsova.

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

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

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

Growing up I wasn't the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope.

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.

Honestly, I could get in a car accident today and never play tennis again, and then I wouldn't have anything to fall back on. But fortunately enough, I do.

Hopefully I'll be able to mature one of these days, get serious, and at least have them [kids] pretty fast.

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

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 ask my dad why wasn't I a lefty? Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.

I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.

I always say if I play my best it's difficult to beat me

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

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

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

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.

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

I definitely want to have kids one day. That's something I've always wanted since as long as I could remember. And the older I get, the more I'm like, "I'm too young!

I don't go there thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can. I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on.

I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.

I don't have a good British accent.

I don't have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude.

I don't have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude. You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.

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

I don't like to lose-at anything... Yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God's reward, then losing is how he teaches us.

I don't want to be like some of those celebrities walking around, just so full of themselves. I always want to be down-to-earth, want to be a person like when you meet them, they're the same person that you think of them in the article or something.

I don't want to end my career and then start something. I like to do something while my career is still hot and I've always enjoyed designing.

I do want to look good still; I do want to be healthy.

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

I feel like I don't have to win anymore. I've had a wonderful career. Tennis has given me so much, things I would have never expected in my life. I feel honored to even be a part of such a wonderful sport.

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

I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that.

If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn't say that my son deserves more money because he's a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money.

If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen.

If Plan A isn't working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D.

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

If you smile things will work out.

I got involved in the design process a long time ago. I've been working with their main designer [Berlei] for a while. It's been really fun all around.

I grew up watching my mom in the kitchen, that's how I know anything about cooking. I've always wanted to go to a culinary class actually.

I have a wonderful white coat I can wear on the court and also in New York for those rainy days...its lady-like and goes perfect with my personality.

I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.

I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just a kid with a dream and a racquet. Living in Compton, you know, this never happened before.

I just never give up. I fight to the end. You can't go out and say, 'I want a bag of never-say-die spirit.' It's not for sale. It has to be innate.