If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.
I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
I’m only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.
If you’re not a competitor, you’ve just got to go home.
I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.
I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn’t one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.
Everything is tennis for me, it’s my career and it’s entertainment, but it’s also a business.
It wasn’t like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
Chiropractic gives me the flexibility I need to keep in the game.
The naysayers, they don’t mean a thing.
A win’s a win, unless it is not a win, and then it’s not a win.
It’s every Williams for themself.
As far as everyone else’s opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn’t have left Compton, so I don’t get too caught up on what the next person thinks.
My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn’t always happen, but that’s what I try for.
I knew my destiny was to be in the winner’s circle. There were times along the way where I didn’t make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.
All those lessons that I’ve learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.
For years I felt that I didn’t have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.
My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.
Id like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
I think I can change the game.
I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.