Quotes from Venus Williams

I'm always on the court with my dad.

When you're a big sister, it's a great job. I don't know how little sisters feel about their job, but when you're a big sister, you're supposed to take care of everything. And you feel good about it. I do.

Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.

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 tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it's definitely worth the sacrifice.

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.

As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.

When you get told that you have a disease, it's like: 'Really? Nah, it's all right. I don't believe that. It must be something else, I'm just making an excuse, let me push harder.'

I was a teenager with braces and into sporty dresses with bright colors and cut-outs. For awhile, I really experimented with what I wanted to do. Some really extreme things, I recall.

I want to get better. Every time you lose, you learn from it, and after every win, you look to building on the tempo.

When youre on top, youre on top.

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.

You have to prove that you know what you're doing. You have to have longevity. You have to stay around.

I think there's a connection with what you wear. If you don't feel good about what you're wearing, you aren't going to feel confident, and you aren't going to be able to concentrate.

A lot of times, I don't just do juice; I do the whole thing blended to keep the fiber.

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

After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.

Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.

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

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

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