Quotes from Venus Williams

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.

I know it's not the most important thing for me to win the most Grand Slams and be remembered in this world. I certainly don't have to win little tournaments here, there and everywhere, I don't have to win at all. Although I do want to.

The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.

Interior design is a business of trust.

No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.

I don't think anyone feels older. You have this infinity inside you that feels like it could go on forever.

India has a very good tradition in tennis.

Everyone is always working on their body and trying to make it the best that they possibly can. That's what I do every single day, mostly for performance, but also just for me.

I love to be busy, and when I'm off the court, I do things I love.

I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.

Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I have a hamburger and you know, something. Because you know, you just need to be nice to yourself sometimes after the loss.

I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.

I don't snack a lot, because I didn't grow up snacking.

After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.

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.

I LOVE RIHANNA. I LOVE THAT SHE IS HERSELF WITH NO APOLOGIES. HER SENSE OF STYLE AND SELF IS UNIQUE. I LOVE HOW SHE TRANSFORMS HERSELF WITH EACH ALBUM, EACH CAMPAIGN. ALWAYS EVOLVING. A TRUE ICON.

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.

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.

As an athlete and as a woman, I get my confidence from playing sports because it shifts your focus from what your body looks like to what your body can do for you. That's what we all should be doing. It shouldn't be about looking perfect.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.

The first rounds of a tournament are always tricky because playing tennis takes a lot out of you.

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.

My mom didn't want us to go to the candy house, she didn't want us to go to the ice cream truck, she didn't want us to go to the... There was actually a donut truck, if that makes sense.