Serena Williams

“It's nothing too new, and at the same time it's everything new. Change is good.”

“I thought I should really take this opportunity. Who knows if I'll ever make it here again. This could be it,”

“I think in general, my expectations are definitely different for the first time in my career. And I feel like my feelings are just, not that I never enjoyed it before or else I wouldn't be here today, but I feel like I'm really going to enjoy being out there.”

“I had my opportunity, and I'm very happy with where I am.”

“So I think it was on, I had until Monday to decide. I think it was like Sunday. I just wasn’t sure up until then,”

“People live to be an athlete. I have this great opportunity to showcase what I do, what I do best, I suppose. Yeah, I think ultimately I was like that is pretty cool, so I should do it.”

“I was like, ‘What’s wrong with me, Serena? What are you thinking? Are you nuts? Like you really should do this,’”

“I expect to be nervous. I was also nervous every single match I ever played in my life,”

“That's a question I can't answer. Who knows? Who knows where I'll pop up?”

“You think I'm ready for singles? I need to get to work.”

“I was really motivated by what Venus was doing at US Open, I thought she played really well. Quarterfinals in doubles, I thought was really interesting,”

“I don’t have anything to lose, and everything here is just to gain … This whole journey is like, I’m putting no pressure on myself.”

“I can’t say no right now, I feel like I probably need to train a little bit more if I want to play singles, and we will see if I get there, and if not… that’s not my journey right now,”