Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

Honestly, I don't read the press. I don't know what they're saying.

— Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

We're in different categories. She [Venus Williams] does sports, I do more of the fashion side.

— Serena Williams

My school was really small, but I was called the Class Clown!

— Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.

— Serena Williams

I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean…

— Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who…

— Serena Williams

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…

— Serena Williams

It's so great to have that opportunity with so many young American players coming up now. It's just so exciting. We have…

— Serena Williams

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic,…

— Serena Williams

I got involved in the design process a long time ago. I've been working with their main designer [Berlei] for a while.…

— Serena Williams

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…

— Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on.

— Serena Williams

I am basically a blazer. If I were a clothing item, I would be a legging and a blazer.

— Serena Williams

I was glad to watch the soccer because it helps my tennis game, realize maybe they're just rooting for the underdog.

— Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

It's amazing, but I guess that happens when you become overly famous. Every week now, I get more famous.

— Serena Williams

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

— Serena Williams

I think a smile can make your whole body. Models, they look fabulous, but they don't smile, and they look so mad.

— Serena Williams

The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work…

— Serena Williams

We all know who the real number one is. Quite frankly, I'm the best in the world.

— Serena Williams

I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for…

— Serena Williams

I'll probably be wearing something fun and sexy as usual, but I can't say it will be the 'Catsuit.'

— Serena Williams

I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.

— Serena Williams

I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known…

— Serena Williams

I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just…

— Serena Williams

When I was a teenager, there were times when I felt insecure about my looks. At some point it dawned on me…

— Serena Williams

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my…

— Serena Williams

You know what, I'm ignorant to the whole West Bank settlement of Israel. I'm American. Can you elaborate on that, please?

— Serena Williams

I've always made some legendary comebacks since 1998 when it first started. So that's kind of just been my MO for my…

— Serena Williams

I like to wear classic silhouettes and add a punch to it. I'll wear a high-waist legging and a super-crop top or…

— Serena Williams

I would be really excellent in a horror film because I have a great scream. I'd be really good in a comedy…

— Serena Williams

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…

— Serena Williams

Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles…

— Serena Williams

I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and…

— Serena Williams