Serena Williams

“I just never give up. I fight to the end.”

“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up.”

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

“I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are.”

“I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.”

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

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

“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'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 all winners.”

“You have to be fearless to have success.”

“I don't like to lose—at anything… Yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks.”

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

“Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.”

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

“I am not a robot. I have a heart and I have feelings.”