Serena Williams Quotes, Thoughts and images

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.

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

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

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

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.

I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over 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 just hate to lose. When I am on the court, it is like my life depends on it.

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

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

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

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

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.

You can't underestimate anyone.

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

Luck has nothing to do with it.

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