Serena Williams Quotes

• "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."
• "Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions."
• "I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies."
• "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'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on."
• "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'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy."
• "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."
• "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."
• "Tennis just a game, family is forever."
• "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 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."
• "If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration."
• "I was running for a ball and totally twisted my ankle - things just spiralled downward from there [on another injury whilst losing!]"
• "Everything I was trying just wasn't working. It was just one of those days [on losing to Hantuchova, Oz Open 06]"
• "He also had a great style. I think the game is going to miss him more than probably they miss anyone. [on Agassi]"
• "Purple is a really hot colour this fall"
• "That's awesome. That's so sweet. I know the feeling because I loved Monica Seles, so whenever I got a chance to play her, I was just still really excited. It's just kind of strange to be in the opposite position [on Krajicek idolising her]"
• "To be honest with you, I grew up in the hood, and any court is a good court to me"