WIMBLEDON

July 7, 2002

Serena Williams

Venus Williams

MODERATOR: Venus and Serena. Over to you.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know.

VENUS WILLIAMS: I'm going to eat candy, rest, get off of the practice court and just relax, relax, relax.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Well, we've had a great past, I guess, six weeks with the French Open and the Wimbledon. But we realize that that doesn't make a career. We want to just keep our level up, at this level that we're playing now, and also to improve. So we're more or less basically concentrating on ourselves.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Not anymore. It's too much. It's just definitely too much.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Too many events. We're old (laughter).

VENUS WILLIAMS: I think you should ask this guy who is going to win the races.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I don't know. It's just really not bold, but I guess if you know you're working for something and you know that you put a lot of work into it, only good can come out of it.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Have to find out. I don't know.

SERENA WILLIAMS: No, not lately.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, of course. I speak to him almost every day. I haven't talked to him today yet, but yesterday, yeah.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I was unfortunately going out to play another doubles match. He just was saying to have fun, that's it.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Did he know the result already?

SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't know.

VENUS WILLIAMS: I'm not sure he even knew the result.

SERENA WILLIAMS: No, he just had other things to do. My mom is also our coach. She also travels with us. There's really no big reason.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Just to follow up on that, we're just like regular people, we're growing up, making our own decisions. Our dad doesn't always want to be there. He wants to live his life, too.

VENUS WILLIAMS: It makes a big difference, for sure.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Yeah, but we still miss him.

VENUS WILLIAMS: He's just so motivating. He's really motivating.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I contributed my dress, the one I wore in the match, my shoes and socks.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, the museum is so historic, just has so much stuff in it. When I went there the other day, I knew that I wanted to contribute something to the museum. You can see the times change. It's definitely really spectacular. I'm really excited.

SERENA WILLIAMS: No.

VENUS WILLIAMS: All right.

SERENA WILLIAMS: We hope.

SERENA WILLIAMS: No, I didn't get any calls. They'll be calling us too much at this rate (laughter).

SERENA WILLIAMS: Actually, I think I was a little tight today going out there. Venus really had to calm me down and say, "You know, just calm down, enjoy the battle." So I think I was a little too much tight.

VENUS WILLIAMS: I think just practice a lot, run a lot on the court. I think that's the best suggestion when you're that young.

VENUS WILLIAMS: No, it's not good to lift weights so young.

VENUS WILLIAMS: We just do exercises to stabilize, not to build muscle.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I pretty much enjoy all the Bible. It says all scriptures are inspired by God. The Old Testament I don't enjoy more than the New Testament. Our Bible is all comprised and all together. So I think you can learn from everything inside. Obviously, there's a lot of scriptures that are motivating. I know the Book of Psalms is very motivating for me. But I can't really say there's one part that I like more. I don't know.

SERENA WILLIAMS: No, not really. I used to when I was younger, but not anymore.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I just didn't want to let Venus down. I just didn't want to miss too many returns because it's okay in singles to let yourself down, but to let someone else down, it's not fair. I don't think I would be good on a team sport.

SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't understand. That's a different question.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Probably not.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Yes.

VENUS WILLIAMS: No, not that we've entered.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Not that we've entered. But we've won them all. We've never lost Wimbledon, have we?

VENUS WILLIAMS: No.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Five.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Five.

VENUS WILLIAMS: I think I'm playing good already. Just it's hard to win every match. On occasions, I've been able to triumph in a lot of them. But especially in sports, you realize that's not always going to be the case and you just keep coming back.

VENUS WILLIAMS: I'm definitely going to practice just as I would if I had won.

SERENA WILLIAMS: We always have interest to go to different countries, especially Africa. Hopefully one day we'll be able to make it - and hopefully soon.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Yeah, definitely going to go. But not sure when.

VENUS WILLIAMS: We're already looking ahead.

SERENA WILLIAMS: That was so yesterday (laughter).

SERENA WILLIAMS: We have plenty of time in the future to savor it. Right now people are trying to get better and improve their games, so we're going to have to do something else.

VENUS WILLIAMS: I don't know. I feel calm at that tournament. I enjoy myself. I have a little car. I drive around. Go to the mall. I just like it there.

VENUS WILLIAMS: All players are quite good. We had a wonderful, wonderful fortnight, but you can't expect to always have it the same.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Temper it?

SERENA WILLIAMS: No, not necessarily.

VENUS WILLIAMS: I don't understand the question.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Do you ever reduce the celebration basically?

SERENA WILLIAMS: No.

VENUS WILLIAMS: We never celebrate.

SERENA WILLIAMS: We never even celebrate. Almost there's no time. We're doing another thing. We're doing another interview.

VENUS WILLIAMS: Talking to you. Next flight.

SERENA WILLIAMS: There's definitely a lot of great points in a couple different matches, but I can't think of any right now. Maybe I'd have to look at the film. When I look at the film, I can recall what's happening. I can say, "Oh, I'm going to do this here." But right now I can't.