Serena williams

I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.

Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

Tennis just a game, family is forever.

I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles.

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every...

I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.