Grand Slams Quotes

Since I retired, I very much enjoy watching Serena Williams play. While I was playing, she was one of the toughest players I ever faced. Her ground strokes are so solid, her serve is one of the most powerful in women's tennis, and mentally she is just so strong.

I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one.

Being world No 1 would be fantastic but you'd like to do it by finishing the year as No 1 without anything happening off the table to someone else's ranking.

Of course it's one of my goals to win another grand slam. Wimbledon was great - so if it's Wimbledon again, that's fine - but I think I have the game to win the other grand slams as well.

I don't have a doubt that if I wanted to win Grand Slams, I would commit. I'd train two times a day. I'd go to the gym every day. I'd stretch. I'd do rehab. I'd eat right.

I think tennis was just in my genes.

You never know how long Federer is going to play, but in my opinion he has at least one or two more grand slams to win. It depends how long he stays motivated. For me, he is the greatest player to ever play the game.

My goal is to be No. 1 and to win Grand Slams.

It's amazing to go World No. 1 on a win. I think is something I've always wanted to do.

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

When I was a little girl, I dreamt of winning grand slams and being No. 1 in the world. That dream stays the same as long as you're doing the career that you're on. I think it would be silly for that to change.

That was...that was choking. You're right. But of course when you play against (Roger) Federer, he's No. 1 in the world, he won three grand slams last year, and he's just full of confidence. It's difficult to do anything regular to beat him. You have to do something extra to be able to have the chance to beat him. Set points, I had six of them and I couldn't take one. But I was close.

For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1.

We've never had a hungrier player than Federer and Nadal and I would say that Nadal is probably much hungrier than Federer.

I definitely think about lifting the big trophies, and I dream about winning slams or making it.

When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win Grand Slams.

I don't hit home runs in BP.

There are so many really good players in the men's game that no one person can dominate year after year.

Actually, I really wanted to play against Venus because I have so much respect for both Serena and Venus.

I prefer playing ATP tournaments and Davis Cup competition rather than Olympic Games.

I'm pretty realistic. I cannot wish to be Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova because they won, like, a hundred Grand Slams.

I really like Kansas City Royals stadium - Kauffman Stadium.

Our biggest events are the Grand Slams and are always going to be the Grand Slams.

It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always tough because you know, the season is very long. I really played a lot this year. Sometimes it's really hard to stay focused all the time because you're really tired after the whole season.