Serena Williams Quotes

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you're very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.

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

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.

We're sisters, we're roommates, we're all that.

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.

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

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

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

Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive.

I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

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 like to wear classic silhouettes and add a punch to it.

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

Am I the greatest? I don't know. I'm the greatest that I can be.

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.

Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you've ever had.

You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right.

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.

I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had.

When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN.

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

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

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

My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.

Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.

I think I can improve a lot. I think I can get a lot better. I feel like there's much, much more I can do.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body. I want women to know that it's ok. That you can be whatever size you are and be beautiful inside and out.

I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I'm still learning to love myself.

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.

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

Legendary? I don't know. I'm just Serena.

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

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

People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not.

My fridge is really just vegan: coconut water, Gatorade (my favorite!), cucumbers, mint, kale, vegetables, ginger, and wheat grass.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

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.

If you smile things will work out.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

I never left my roots. You can identify me as someone that didn't become high and mighty. Humility is a defining [trait] all of us can forever learn, and I try to be as humble as anyone can be.

With my website, I'm really interactive. I've written a lot of things about me.