Venus Williams

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

In life, there is no such thing as impossible; it's always possible.

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

You have to do things right to stay in business, and that's not easy, and that's a choice on a daily basis, the choices you make in how to run your business and how to have a point of differentiation and how to be true to your brand, how to offer something that people want and to offer something that you love.

Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.

I was a teenager with braces and into sporty dresses with bright colors and cut-outs. For awhile, I really experimented with what I wanted to do. Some really extreme things, I recall.

Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.

I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.

I try to get in some extra carbohydrates and protein the night before and during my pre-match meal. I also eat about 200 calories right after to help rebuild my muscles.

I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.

My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.

Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.

Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.

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

Ruth's Chris is my favorite restaurant, and I always order the rib eye, medium-rare.

After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.

I don't have time to be negative.

I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.

Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.

Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.