Serena Williams on Grit Quotes

"I’ve always been a fighter and I’ve always been someone that clearly doesn’t give up."

"To this day, I don't like losing. It's just not in my DNA."

"I just never give up. I fight until the very last ball. That's a habit my father taught me."

"I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out."

"I didn't grow up with a silver spoon. I grew up with a racket and a lot of sacrifices from my parents."

"I just never give up. I fight to the end."

"I am not a person that likes to lose. If I lose, I go back and I work even harder."

"I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life. My habits are built on that fight."

"I’ve had to make a lot of sacrifices in my life to be where I am today, and I wouldn't change a thing."

"Greatness is not about being perfect; it's about being persistent in the face of imperfection."

"I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

"My father taught us that sacrifice was the only way out of our circumstances."