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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

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Serena Williams
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 26
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I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to worry about is my chest. I want to just worry about playing the sport at the highest level that I can.
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Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.
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I love hitting aces. It's not easy, but it makes your life a lot easier.
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I got involved in the design process a long time ago. I've been working with their main designer [Berlei] for a while. It's been really fun all around.
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I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on.
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I was having an out-of-body experience, it was so hot. I felt I was watching someone play in a blue dress, and it wasn't me.
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I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'
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I think it's bad when people start booing between serves.
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There's always another record, then there's always another person to catch up with or to pass.
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Couple years ago I was No. 7 and I ended up top. So I kind of like the position that I'm at right now. It's hot.
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I'm an unbelievable designer. I don't know how I know and just do these things. I just start sketching and then I just know the colors and I always know the forecast. I know green and purple are going to be hot. I was born to be a designer. I worked hard to be a tennis player, I don't work hard to be a designer.
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I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.
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I love metaphors. I've never been on this train. ... If I'm standing on the middle of a track, I'm definitely going to get derailed. I have to make sure that I'm on the train and not in front of it.
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I just never give up. I fight to the end. You can't go out and say, 'I want a bag of never-say-die spirit.' It's not for sale. It has to be innate.
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I'm playing to around 30% of my potential - you'd be shocked at what I could do.
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When you travel so much, the best and most relaxing thing is to just sit on the couch and not move.
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I just love leopard print.
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I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I'm still learning to love myself.
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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.
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I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play well, which I don't think I've even reached yet at all in this tournament, it's really hard for anyone on the women's tour to beat me.
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