There's so many things that may be going against Serena, and she thrives on that, and she loves that, and that's when she comes through, i would have said in January, if there was any Grand Slam she was going to win, it would probably be Wimbledon ... and if her serve is on, she's going to be tough to beat.

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You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

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If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

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Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

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Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

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If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

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You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else.

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Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction.

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Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.

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To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.

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A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

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The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

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Single-mindedness. I hate to say it because I don't think it's the best thing for developing a person, but the single-mindedness - just concentrating in the one area - that's what it takes to be a champion.

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If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

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Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body.

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Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump

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If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. You can have the greatest coaches in the world, all the opportunities to play, and the greatest equipment, but if you don't have it inside, you're not going to make it. On the other hand, if you don't have any of those luxuries but you have heart and courage and the guts to go out there and grind it out, then you'll make it.

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I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids.

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I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do.

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There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think most of my career has been based on desire.

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You're always striving to play that perfect match.

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