Serena Williams

"Sport has literally changed my life. I’m here because of sport. It has given me a lot of confidence, a lot of courage, and a lot of discipline. It’s helped me to be the person that I’ve grown to be today."

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"Overpower. Overtake. Overcome."

- Serena Williams

"Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble."

- Serena Williams

"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."

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger."

- Serena Williams

"Stay fiercely positive; negativity achieves nothing."

- Serena Williams

"I had to put in the work. I had to go the extra mile."

- Serena Williams

"A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

- Serena Williams

"I tell myself, 'You've been through so much, you've endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today.'"

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"I don’t like to lose — at anything — yet, I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks."

- Serena Williams

"I don’t like to lose — at anything — yet I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks."

- Serena Williams

"A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall"

- Serena Williams

"A champion is not defined by their wins but how they can recover when they fall."

- Serena Williams

"Victory is not found in the absence of defeat, but in the ability to rise after each fall."

- Serena Williams

"I tell myself, 'You've been through so much, you've endured so much, time will allow me to heal and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete and mother I am today.'"

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"I’ve grown most not from victories but from setbacks. If winning is God’s reward, then losing is how he teaches us."

- Serena Williams

"I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God’s reward, then losing is how he teaches us."

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"Getting past those labels, for me, pretty much really easy because I define myself."

- Serena Williams

"You're your best cheerleader."

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on."

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"It doesn’t matter what your background is or where you came from. If you have dreams and goals, that’s all that matters."

- Serena Williams

""My Dearest Baby, You gave me the strength I didn't know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace.""

- Serena Williams

"There’s no other race, to me, that has such a tough history for hundreds and hundreds of years, and only the strong survive, so we were the strongest and the most mentally tough, and I’m really proud to wear this color every single day of my life."

- Serena Williams

"The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble."

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"My Dearest Baby, You gave me the strength I didn't know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace."

- Serena Williams

"“Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on.”"

- Serena Williams

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

- 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 is how he teaches us."

- Serena Williams

"The day I stopped fighting for equality will be the day I'm in my grave."

- Serena Williams

"Tennis is just a game, family is forever."

- Serena Williams

"With the help of God, she's the best thing I have ever been a part of."

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

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

- Serena Williams

"I’ll always think about what I could have done better. Could I have come up on the net? Been more consistent? It’s not anger. It’s analyzing: What can I do next time?"

- 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

"With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That’s what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don’t want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more. Everyone always says never give up but you really have to take that to heart and really do never definitely give up. Keep trying."

- Serena Williams

"Making the decision to not follow a system, or someone else’s rules has freed me up to find the best in myself."

- Serena Williams