Venus Williams Quotes

In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.

I don't know if every player in the Premier League feels hurt when they lose a game. The right sort is very important. I was naive in thinking that everyone was like me.

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.

I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to travel with me, and as a family, we tried to make it work.

Tennis is a small world.

Tennis has so much glamour.

I always wanted to be a professional player, but when I started playing well in Challengers and, for the first time, I did well at ATP tournaments, I saw that these guys are also beatable.

I think that the ATP and the WTA are doing a good job because they're satisfying their fans, and I am one of their fans.

I grew up in the USTA's junior circuit.

I know where I'm ranked, but I don't look at it that much, I don't study it that much. You really can't look at it that way, you've got to try to win as many matches as you can, and it's cliche, but you've got to take it one at a time.

My aim over the next few months is that I have a lot of points to defend in Miami and Hamburg, after that I can set my sights on No. 1.

I feel like when I'm match tough and match hard and played a lot of matches I got that competitive winning spirit going and I can get on some rolls like I did last year. I won San Jose, Indian Wells and made the semifinals in Miami so it can happen for me.

This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got to do well at the Masters Series and the grand slams. I dont have any ranking points to defend for the first few months of the year so if I do well over the next few weeks then Ive got a chance of doing it.

You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forget about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you sometimes wonder if you've got it, you ain't got it. No pussycats, please.

As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play.

I have a winning temperament. I know how to win.

They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

I try to go out and do the same thing every night. I've been taught since I was a kid that the only thing that matters is winning.

There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.

Tennis is more than just shots. It's about being clutch and beating the people on the other side of the net.

That was a f****g dumb question. If I didn't think I was gonna win, why the hell would I be fighting?!

The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again. That's the curse of the Tour de France.

This is a business and everything happens for a reason. I'm going to just to play hard, try to play hard and do whatever it takes to win.