Top 218 Quotes & Sayings by Serena Williams

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American tennis player Serena Williams.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked singles world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time.

I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.
If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.
If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated. — © Serena Williams
If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.
I'm super-curvy.
I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.
I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy.
I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.
I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.
I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.
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.
My story isn't over... This is just a new part of my life. My baby is going to be in the stands - hopefully cheering for me and not crying too much!
I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.
If I step on a scale, I won't eat for five months. — © Serena Williams
If I step on a scale, I won't eat for five months.
I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.
I'm definitely not at my best. Honestly, I'm under 50 percent. But I've won stuff under 50 percent before.
I love going shopping.
Honestly, I don't read the press. I don't know what they're saying.
I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.
I love going to movies.
Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.
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 love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous.
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.
Tennis just a game, family is forever.
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'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.
People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not.
I think a smile can make your whole body. Models, they look fabulous, but they don't smile, and they look so mad.
I've thought it would be cool to have a baby young. You know, be my road dog - like my dogs, they travel the world - but there's always something you have to give up for success. Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?
When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.
Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.
My mom taught me how to sew when I was 2 or 3, so I've been sewing for as long as I can remember.
I feel like I'm really young and I'm only thinking about my career and continuing playing.
To this day, I don't love my arms. People want more fit arms, but my arms are too fit. But I'm not complaining. They pay my bills.
I'm definitely not a fearless individual.
I love my dogs.
I'm an unbelievable designer.
I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner. — © Serena Williams
I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.
The knee just isn't 100 percent. It's hard to be out there when you know that you can't play at your best and could potentially make it worse.
Once I serve well, my whole game goes up.
I've never been over-dramatic in my whole career.
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'm totally human.
I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.
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.
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'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.
Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol. — © Serena Williams
Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.
We're going in really fresh. We're going to have fresh legs and bodies, we're going to be able to stay the distance, and that's our goal.
I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.
It's always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.
I love designing dresses and tops.
My school was really small, but I was called the Class Clown!
I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times.
I think it's bad when people start booing between serves.
Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.
I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.
I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.
No one likes getting their nails done more than I do.
I definitely have found a balance. I've had so many offers in the past to do different movies or different things and I always choose tournaments over it.
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