Quotes By Venus Williams

I think I've been fortunate to be at the top of the game and in the media for years, and a lot of times, people want to be your friend when you're on the top. You know, there have been times when I've been injured and I never got a phone call. So that's the way it is.

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

As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.

My motto has always been that you can't say, 'Oh, it won't happen to me.' You have to say, 'That can happen to me.' So always be aware that things can happen.

I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.

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.

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together.

I love design.

I've always found the rain very calming.

If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.

My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.

For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.

Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

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

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

It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

I don't have time to be negative.

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 guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.

'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.

Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

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.

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.

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

I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.

I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'

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