It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?

The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.

I don't think anyone feels older. You have this infinity inside you that feels like it could go on forever.

If I have to work hard or think hard or just copy somebody else that's doing it better - whatever it takes, I'm going to find that solution. That's the drive that keeps me going.

I think there's a connection with what you wear. If you don't feel good about what you're wearing, you aren't going to feel confident, and you aren't going to be able to concentrate.

If I don't go to the gym for a week, I just get thinner and thinner.

Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.

I don't snack a lot, because I didn't grow up snacking.

I think women athletes who have been successful need to help other sports, those sports that are just emerging. That's what I've been thinking about and looking forward to.

Tennis has been around for so long - women have been playing the majors since the 1800s. Other sports have not had professional leagues for women for as long.

I've gone to school for business, for design, for architecture.

Retiring is the easy way out.

I don't have time for easy. Tennis is just hard.

I love playing the game. I always have. Of course, winning matches makes it much sweeter. The wins and the losses always lead to these big moments, unless you're Serena Williams.

My mom didn't want us to go to the candy house, she didn't want us to go to the ice cream truck, she didn't want us to go to the... There was actually a donut truck, if that makes sense.

Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.

When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.

I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.

The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.

When you start playing tennis, you don't imagine there's a whole bureaucracy behind the tournaments and all of that. You just think about winning the cups.

When I play my match, I can't think about anything else except what I'm doing on my side of the net.

I've always been happy with my body.

I always thought of it like, 'What can my body do for me?' and not, 'How do I look?'

Of course I want to look well and fit - and as an athlete, I want to look strong.