A biography for Serena Williamshasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I love designing dresses and tops.”
“When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.”
“I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'”
“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.”
“There's one thing I'm really good at, and that's hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I'm excellent.”
“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.”
“I feel as a brand I'm here to be around for a long time.”
“When I'm down, I talk to myself a lot. I look crazy because I'm constantly having an argument with myself.”
“I do want to look good still; I do want to be healthy.”
“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.”
“If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.”
“Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.”
“I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.”
“I'm so frugal, you wouldn't believe it.”
“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 am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.”
“I've never been over-dramatic in my whole career.”
“Tennis just a game, family is forever.”
“I try not to have too many rituals because I believe that rituals don't help you win. I used to do rituals a lot and it was crazy.”