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.

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

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.

- Serena Williams

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

- 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, 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.'

- Serena Williams

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.

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

- Serena Williams

I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times.

- Serena Williams

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.

- Serena Williams

Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.

- Serena Williams

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.

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

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.

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.

- Serena Williams

I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.

- Serena Williams

Tennis just a game, family is forever.

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams