J.M. Williams Quotes

I feel like I'm really young and I'm only thinking about my career and continuing playing.

I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That's not who I am. And I don't want to be monotone. It's important to be yourself, whatever the cost.

I think it's bad when people start booing between serves.

I played pretty well in my twenties, don't get me wrong! But my consistency is better [in my thirties], my momentum is better, my wins are quicker.

In the locker rooms, I'm always suggesting, "You need Berlei." Because it's the best brand for women and for me.

When I first started really playing, in '98, I was super excited to see all the people I grew up watching. ... I loved Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, and Pete Sampras.

I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that.

I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me.

We're in different categories. She [Venus Williams] does sports, I do more of the fashion side.

Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.

We do more ready-to-wear and ath-leisure, things you would wear everyday. I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me.

My coach has said to me, "When you win a match or a tournament, you don't even think about it - the very next minute you're like".

I was talking to my mom one time, like, "Gosh, I'm 30." And she's like, "In your thirties you're even stronger than in your twenties." I didn't believe her, but I have played better in my thirties.

Sure, I've been on the Tube...I caught it to Eastbourne once.

I'm not taking Zika lightly. Especially being older, I definitely am going everywhere protected. I'm protecting myself.

I'm definitely not at my best. Honestly, I'm under 50 percent. But I've won stuff under 50 percent before.

The guy is the greatest male athletes of all time.

I just love leopard print.

It's amazing, but I guess that happens when you become overly famous. Every week now, I get more famous.

I've always made some legendary comebacks since 1998 when it first started. So that's kind of just been my MO for my whole career.

It's so great to have that opportunity with so many young American players coming up now. It's just so exciting. We have to root for the home country.

When I'm 32? Hopefully I'll have made my mark with a few different movies, some scary ones and some comedies. I'm really funny, I have a great personality on the camera.

I love going to movies.

I love going shopping.

I was having an out-of-body experience, it was so hot. I felt I was watching someone play in a blue dress, and it wasn't me.

I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.

It's a corset design making me look very, very slim and trim. I call it a corset dress. Very Hollywood glamour with the silk.

No, I don't read the papers. I just look at the pictures.

Honestly, I don't read the press. I don't know what they're saying.

I've been writing, but I haven't been writing. In my mind I've been saying I want to write, but I haven't actually physically picked up a pencil and started writing.

I got involved in the design process a long time ago. I've been working with their main designer [Berlei] for a while. It's been really fun all around.

I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general.

I love designing dresses and tops.

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

I don't want to age myself.

I'm watching a lot of the football.

I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on.

I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.

I have a wonderful white coat I can wear on the court and also in New York for those rainy days...its lady-like and goes perfect with my personality.

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.

Couple years ago I was No. 7 and I ended up top. So I kind of like the position that I'm at right now. It's hot.

Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on.

I don't have a good British accent.

Hopefully I'll be able to mature one of these days, get serious, and at least have them [kids] pretty fast.

The red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.

The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.

I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.

A lifetime with Venus Williams will not be enough.

I definitely want to have kids one day. That's something I've always wanted since as long as I could remember. And the older I get, the more I'm like, "I'm too young!"

I've almost lost several times but come through that. Being able to play your way through the tournament is really able to help.