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.

I want my opponents to look at me across the net and just not want to play me because I look so fit and amazing and strong. So that's always my goal.

I always show up to the office sweaty! I'll come in between workouts in a tennis skirt drenched in sweat. The only time that I actually look presentable is at meetings.

I had skate wing in London. I had mine grilled with lemon and herbs, and it was the perfect seasoning for that fish.

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 have been playing tennis for a very long time. Tennis is my life. I see my life in other places, and there are other challenges for me.