WIMBLEDON

June 30, 2003

Serena Williams

SERENA WILLIAMS: I never really exceed my expectations. I think I was just playing pretty good. No, I wasn't even thinking about that. I was just out there focusing.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Some things I still want to work on, moving forward, just like to ameliorate a few more things in my game while in the tournament still this week.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I definitely do adapt my game, especially on grass, as each round progresses. So I do expect this, yes.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, it doesn't. It really doesn't. I'm just here enjoying myself. You know, I had to relax. Now I'm having more fun while I'm enjoying myself. So it's definitely better.

SERENA WILLIAMS: It doesn't really affect me either way. It doesn't help me relax, it doesn't help me to be tense. It just doesn't have any effect on me at all.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I like to read a lot and draw a lot. Just recently gotten into playing the GameBoys.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Did she just pass?

SERENA WILLIAMS: Every year at Wimbledon someone dies, I'm telling you. It was Jack Lemmon one year, Walter Matthew (sic). Of course, I love Katharine Hepburn. She's one of the greatest actors to me. I, of course, love Marilyn Monroe. I did not know. I had no idea. I haven't been reading the papers.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I'm aware.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Of course, it does. Obviously, I want to be able to keep winning. You know, this is just one week. I have a few areas where I can gain points in the summer. I'll be okay.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I had a commitment early in the week that I committed myself a long time ago, way before it was even scheduled in DC. But, you know, I tried to change it. I can't change the dates. I kind of committed. It's hard to get jobs in the acting field. I kind of have to go do it. It's only for a day. I'd be able to make it later on in the week. It's tough.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I think maybe in my situation, I could understand Billie. I don't know the whole situation with Lindsay and her mom. If she can get there on Tuesday, I'm sure that's fine. But I don't know the whole situation.

SERENA WILLIAMS: It's Monday.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I can't think of anything. I'll have to ask my mom. What else was she in?

SERENA WILLIAMS: I know the names.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know which one of hers is my favorite.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I just don't remember exactly what movie she played in. I remember watching some. I watch nothing but old movies because I get influenced by them. I can't quite remember offhand.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I liked her name. I know I was watching something before, I just don't remember what it was. Obviously it was a long time ago. I can't remember which movie it was.

SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, it wasn't the Seven-Year Itch. I lot of people liked that movie. I wasn't really influenced by. I loved her in How to Marry a Millionaire.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I think Billie Jean King is a great coach for Fed Cup. I think she does really well. I've learned a lot from Billie Jean King. I really, really enjoy playing Fed Cup. I really -- I mean, I wanted to play, too, but I couldn't. I really, really enjoy it. Each time I come out a better player. I really enjoy the experience of working with her and Zina Garrison.

SERENA WILLIAMS: It's not really that strict to me. I mean, it's just like a team atmosphere. We as tennis players, our sport is very individual, a very individual sport. It's kind of hard sometimes to get the team camaraderie together. I don't think the rules are too strict.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, you know, we Americans are doing pretty good now. We're just trying.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Sure.

SERENA WILLIAMS: It just depends. I always have the feeling you just play whatever. You win those, you don't have to play that many.

SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, I was watching her play I think her first and second round match. She was playing really well. My dad and I were talking about how well she's doing, how I definitely expected to eventually meet up with her in the tournament. I definitely have not been overlooking Jennifer, because she's been playing really well here.

SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, her return is really doing well. She's staying really low on this grass. That's really important when you're out there, is to be low. It's kind of hard to stay low all the time. She's doing everything really well.

SERENA WILLIAMS: She played really well. I think she was just on a roll. I think she won the Australian Open and French Open. I guess she was trying to win Wimbledon, too.

SERENA WILLIAMS: It's always fun. I went there last year. I didn't get a chance to finish seeing everything. It's always fun seeing the history of your sport, seeing all the stuff. It's just a fun thing to go to. It will be cool if we go later.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, it's definitely a big deal. I have to play tomorrow and I have doubles match today. I definitely wanted to get on and get it over with because you don't want to be out there all day waiting to play your singles.

SERENA WILLIAMS: You know, I never really thought about it. Best legs in tennis? I actually thought Steffi had very good legs for tennis. They were very lean and they were very in shape. I never really thought about that.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Oh, I didn't really think -- Venus doesn't have a ranking. We're excited to be seeded at all. I mean, to us it really doesn't matter if we're seeded, if we're not seeded, we're just going to play. We don't care about that.