Venus Williams Tennis Quotations

If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.

We don't talk about tennis. I figure she knows what she's doing. I mean, what am I going to tell her?

I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.

I know I'm good at tennis. Other than that, everything else is a wild card. I'm a wild card.

We've been training and playing full-time since we were 18 and 19. So after tennis, we'll be excited to see what it's like to have more free time.

To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.

The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.

If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

A win's a win, unless it is not a win, and then it's not a win.

I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.

Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.

Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court.

Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

It is very important not to think about losing.

'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.

The outfit is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It's kind of about a surprise, because when Alice goes down the rabbit hole, she finds all these things that are so surprising. This outfit is about having a surprise in a tennis dress, and showing some skin and then just having a print. Prints don't happen that often in tennis. So it's called the Wonderland dress.

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.

My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.

This is not just about women's tennis but about women all over the world. At Wimbledon we would like to have equal prize money to prove that we are equal on all fronts. We will keep lobbying on the matter.

Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.

Serena and I are exactly the opposite of anything that ever happened before in the game. The old tennis world was pretty reserved. Serena and I are bold. We stand out. We have color. We're strong. We're pretty. We have personalities. We think things out. We're smart.

In 10-15 years there will be a little drop-off for us. It's high tide right now, ... One day there will be another tennis player that excites people -- you can't be No. 1 forever.

Even though I've won major tennis tournaments, been on television, radio and numerous magazine covers, seeing my picture on McDonald's packaging was one of the coolest and most exciting moments of my life - I literally beamed when I saw it. McDonald's Global Casting Call will give people around the world the chance to feel the same excitement I did that day.

I'm feeling good, ... I think it was good for me to be away -- I think it extended my career. At this point I prefer to do tennis more than anything else.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

I just couldn't play today's match, ... I'm not fit enough to play professional tennis and so I shouldn't be out there. It's really disappointing because I was having such a great time at this tournament.

It's a new injury that came last night. I'm not fit enough to play a tennis match. It's a pity I can't play but I hope I can play in Guangzhou. Maybe now I can see the Forbidden City.

It's a new injury that came last night, ... I'm not fit enough to play a tennis match. It's a pity I can't play but I hope I can play in Guangzhou. Maybe now I can see the Forbidden City.

Every single thing she does motivates me. I guess not every single thing, but at least on the tennis court when she gives her best.