Serena Williams Quotes

I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

Legendary? I don't know. I'm just Serena.

You can't underestimate anyone.

I think I can improve a lot. I think I can get a lot better. I feel like there's much, much more I can do.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

I always say if I play my best it's difficult to beat me

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

I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.

I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had.

I just hate to lose. When I am on the court, it is like my life depends on it.

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 having A good time. I'm a drama queen.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.

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.

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

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

If Plan A isn't working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D.

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.

Am I the greatest? I don't know. I'm the greatest that I can be.

I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.

I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

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

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall