"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."
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"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."
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"I know I'm good at tennis. Other than that, everything else is a wild card. I'm a wild card."
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"Whatever it is, people have issues and that affects you deeply. So you have to get to the bottom of it and not let that affect your life decisions and really understand why you're making the decisions you make so that way you can understand how to not do that, so I always encourage people to ask why and then to really understand you, because that's the only way to be your most successful and your most happy."
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"I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close."
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"If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be."
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"I think everyone deals with things in their own way. Everybody's different. My family are all different. None of us are the same. We all deal with different things in different ways. I think it's about knowing yourself, what pushes your buttons, and figuring out how to work with yourself."
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"At the end of the day, you just have to focus on winning. No one can take a win away from you. That's what I focused on. Life is not fair, so I don't go out there expecting it to be. I don't think any of us should go out expecting life to be fair. I think that's expecting too much, and I remind myself of that sometimes. You can get on with your life after that."
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"I'm always on the court with my dad."
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"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."
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"I truly believe that whoever feels the most confident is usually the one to win."
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"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."
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"The thing that's most important in getting you in the best mindest is just being prepared - having a great practice, and knowing that no matter what knowing you're going to go in with confidence. You need to have that confidence to power through."
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"To be a well-rounded person and know what's going on in the world around you, to have a perspective outside of your sport, is important for every athlete. I'm blessed that our parents gave us that."
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"I try to update as much as possible. You don't want to be in the past."
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"I will always be the older sister. That's never going to change."
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"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."
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"I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will."
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"As long as we're fit, we just have so much to give on the court."
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"People ask me where I get my fighting qualities from, and I have to say Serena."
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