If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen.
Serena WilliamsRead
My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.
Interpretation
A smile can express joy and positivity, influencing one's overall wellbeing.
In this quote, Serena Williams emphasizes the significant impact that a smile can have on a personβs demeanor and how it can radiate positivity. She suggests that a smile is not just an expression on the face, but it has the power to uplift one's entire being and influence the atmosphere around them.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the power of positivity.
If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen.
Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.
Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.
I don't like to lose-at anything... Yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God's reward, then losing is how he teaches us.
I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.
I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.
At 11 years old, I made a very definitive decision, and my decision was that I wanted to be happy. Above and beyond anything I ever did in my life, I wanted to be happy.
I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'
One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.
Having a yacht is a reason for being more cheerful than most.
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