Serena Williams

"If genders were switched, Serena Williams wouldn't have to take years off to breastfeed or to heal from a C-section & a near-death experience" - Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria

"I would have loved to have challenged myself one last time, I’m one of those few people that really got to experience her when she was at her best" - Ashleigh Barty on Serena Williams

"Be like Serena Williams, tough task" - Venus Williams' tip for the Next Gen

“She should be considered alongside the likes of Tom Brady, Usain Bolt and Michael Jordan; not only did she reach the summit, she did it without favours being handed out” - Craig Gabriel on Serena Williams

“She's potentially the greatest female athlete of all time; the way she's conducted herself through this transition, it's like with grace” - NWSL star and Olympic champion Christine Sinclair on Serena Williams

"The biggest thing, however, is me swinging like playing completely free again" - Emma Raducanu after beating two former World No. 1's consecutively

"I do my work and then I do Olympia stuff, but I don't do Serena stuff"- Serena Williams on balancing between work and personal life

"78 on iMessage and then like 80 on WhatsApp" - Emma Raducanu on the messages she has on her phone after beating Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka at 2022 Cincinnati Open

Emma Raducanu becomes first player to bagel both Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka

"Don't know how many players have had that sort of impact on the game, maybe Billie Jean King" - Andy Murray on Serena Williams

"That day will be weird but I will also be extremely excited"- Serena Williams on leaving the tennis world

“I remember being so nervous, & I’m thinking ‘okay, I can’t believe I’m gonna go out on court like this” – Serena Williams on wearing iconic Cameroon soccer outfit at French Open 2002

"Venus Williams will go down as the second-greatest tennis player of all time; Serena Williams is first by a mile, put her up there with Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo" - Reilly Opelka

“People were mad about it, I couldn’t believe it; they were like you shouldn’t wear that” – Serena Williams on sporting a catsuit at 2018 French Open