Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I love seeing people be successful! I love that. It's wonderful. There's enough room for everybody.
When I play my match, I can't think about anything else except what I'm doing on my side of the net.
My family is the most important thing to me because they're always there for me when times are down.
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 this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.
My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.
Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.
I do expect a lot from myself, but it's also a balance of being... positive and also pushing yourself.
You have to prove that you know what you're doing. You have to have longevity. You have to stay around.
It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.
I don't think anyone feels older. You have this infinity inside you that feels like it could go on forever.
We're breaking records and we're moving forward. I always expected to win Grand Slams. This was meant to be.
My parents always told us, you know, you have to get your education. You're not supposed to become a statistic.
The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
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.
If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.
Sometimes, when there's a video montage. I'm thinking, 'That's my life. Oh, my God, I did that.' Yeah, it's amazing.
I had skate wing in London. I had mine grilled with lemon and herbs, and it was the perfect seasoning for that fish.
The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.
I want to get better. Every time you lose, you learn from it, and after every win, you look to building on the tempo.
It's easy to stand back, but to move forward and take a chance, that takes a little more guts, a little more courage.
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.
I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.
When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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.
Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.
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.
I love the food in Thailand because of the exotic spices they use. Their style of cooking is unique to their culture and always amazing.
I have been playing tennis for a very long time. Tennis is my life. I see my life in other places, and there are other challenges for me.
Every Olympics is something special. If you're fortunate enough to play for your country - there's just so much energy. It's truly amazing.
That's what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. It's like magic, you know. I like that.
I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be.
I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.
I think business is the same as tennis. You have to have the love, that helps, or else it's just too much pressure to be able to keep up with.
Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.
There is nothing like playing at Wimbledon; you can feel the footprints of the legends of the game-men and women-that have graced those courts.
Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit and wait, the clearer my game becomes to me.
It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear.
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.
Well, when I walk behind short people I feel like I'm going to fall over because I start taking these little steps, and I can't take little steps.
I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.
The most fun part about working out is being done - getting through the workout, let's be honest. But that feeling afterward? Yeah, that's worth it.
If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
I want my opponents to look at me across the net and just not want to play me because I look so fit and amazing and strong. So that's always my goal.
You learn so much from your parents. We grew up in a home where we were definitely taught to be confident. I definitely give me parents a lot of credit.
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.