V. Williams - 16.01.2013

V. WILLIAMS/A. Cornet
6-3 6-3

Q.  She won today 6 Love, 6 Love.  Do you think you have to play better than you've been playing this week?  How do you feel about that?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  I don't think about things that way.  I play the ball.  There's going to be days when you play great and win, and there's going to be days when you play not as great and you win.
Whatever day that is, you have to win.  It's not about for me I have to play perfect every match.  I don't have that mentality.

Q.  At this stage in your career do you define yourself by wins and losses?  If not, what defines success for you?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  Oh, wow, that's a good one.  I've been so successful, so for me success is when I go out on the court and execute my game.  That's when I feel successful.  I feel like I've done something.  That's kind of what it's about now.

Q.  Have you gotten any compliments on your dress?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  Yeah, I get a lot of compliments on my dress.

Q.  What do people say?
VENUS WILLIAMS:  They love the color.  I love your dress.  It's a nice style.  Women's players, men's players, people working around.  That's been very satisfying because I work hard on the designs.  I'll spend all day and all night on the designs.  I eat hot fries usually during the design sessions.
Then the one time that I didn't, I couldn't think of anything, so I ordered some hot fries.  I got there the next day, and, bam, I had the best ideas.
But since that time I've really had to discontinue that.  I can't eat the hot fries.  I credit all these designs to hot fries.