J.P.R. Williams Quotes

I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams.

For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day.

Honestly, I didn't know I was a role model.

Basically that was the moment when I thought I'd like to do this forever. I never changed my mind.

Well, I've got two small children and this is a very important time for me to be around them.

Always be patient. I also believe everything happens for a reason.

It is interesting to see how humans would act if they knew there were never any consequences for their actions because the next day they could wake up and just redo it.

I've been dancing forever; since I remember, that's what I've been doing.

Broadway is really my life.

In this world we've created Where this place that we live in a blink of an eye the darkness slips in Love lights the world Unites the love that's for eternity.

My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.

Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very mighty. And she would control her kids a lot by giving them the eye, or the stare.

I go out and salsa with friends, especially in the summertime. Now that's incredible cardio!

I'm not shooting every day of the week, which allows me to fly home to be with my kids for the weekends. That's how I keep it moving.

There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you're a kid.

And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don't.

And when people give me their word, I listen to them.

Cause there was a time when all I did was wish You'd tell me this was love. It's not the way I hoped Or how I planned But somehow it's enough.

Eugene McCarthy is definitely an inspiration to me as a Democrat and as someone going to the university. It is definitely important to me.

And when the storms came through They found me and you Back together And when the sun would shine It was yours and mine. Yours and mine forever.

To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.

You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.

The naysayers, they don't mean a thing.

The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.

There have been many frustrating games. I don't there's going to be another one that isn't frustrating. That happens, but that's sport. Otherwise why would there be so much glory in victory.

Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.

A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.

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.

I LOVE RIHANNA. I LOVE THAT SHE IS HERSELF WITH NO APOLOGIES. HER SENSE OF STYLE AND SELF IS UNIQUE. I LOVE HOW SHE TRANSFORMS HERSELF WITH EACH ALBUM, EACH CAMPAIGN. ALWAYS EVOLVING. A TRUE ICON.

I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be.

Sometimes, when there's a video montage. I'm thinking, 'That's my life. Oh, my God, I did that.' Yeah, it's amazing.

I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.

We've been training and playing full-time since we were 18 and 19. So after tennis, we'll be excited to see what it's like to have more free time.

If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.

I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'

It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.

My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.

I think I can change the game.

I think business is the same as tennis. You have to have the love, that helps, or else it's just too much pressure to be able to keep up with.

I can walk around fine, but I don't have a desk job.

I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.

I feel amazing right now. I just feel like dancing.

If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.

I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.

I know I'm good at tennis. Other than that, everything else is a wild card. I'm a wild card.

Well, when I walk behind short people I feel like I'm going to fall over because I start taking these little steps, and I can't take little steps.

Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court.

We're breaking records and we're moving forward. I always expected to win Grand Slams. This was meant to be.

I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.

I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.