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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."
"Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game."
"My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body. I want women to know that it's ok. That you can be whatever size you are and be beautiful inside and out."
"I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I'm still learning to love myself."
"I really hope that I can be helpful in that journey because I do believe that women deserve the same pay. We work just as hard as men do. I've been working, playing tennis, since I was three years old. And to be paid less just because of my sex - it doesn't seem fair."
"I don't have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude."
"I'm Serena Williams on the court, but away I have so many different names. I call myself Butterfly."
"Legendary? I don't know. I'm just Serena."
"If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn't say that my son deserves more money because he's a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money."
"People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not."
"I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support."
"My fridge is really just vegan: coconut water, Gatorade (my favorite!), cucumbers, mint, kale, vegetables, ginger, and wheat grass."
"For the younger sisters, we always look up to the older sisters because they're always ahead of us and they always win."
"I never left my roots. You can identify me as someone that didn't become high and mighty. Humility is a defining [trait] all of us can forever learn, and I try to be as humble as anyone can be."
"Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol."
"With my website, I'm really interactive. I've written a lot of things about me."
"Luck has nothing to do with it."
"Honestly, I could get in a car accident today and never play tennis again, and then I wouldn't have anything to fall back on. But fortunately enough, I do."
"If you smile things will work out."
"Everyone is from Russia. Sometimes I think I'm from Russia, too. All these new Ovas. I don't know anyone. I don't really recognise anyone. That's just how it is. I think my name must be Williamsova."