傳奇球后小威廉絲告別網壇！盤點 27 年追夢之路 15 大勵志金句：「不管你的背景與出身為何，只要你有夢想和目標，那才是最重要的。」

雖然無緣為她的網壇生涯畫上完美句點，但坐擁 23 座大滿貫賽女單冠軍、14 次大滿貫女雙封后，7 座澳網、7 座溫網、3 座法網及 6 座美網冠軍⋯小威不但屢屢改寫女子網壇歷史，被視為女子網壇最偉大的選手之一，更成為激勵許多後輩前進的動力。

「這是我此生經歷過最不可思議的旅程，非常感謝曾經說過『加油，小威』的每一個人。」而小威不知道的是，她的每個勝利鼓勵了多少人勇敢追夢，她的存在更是成為一種不可或缺的精神象徵。

以下編輯整理了 15 個小威的勵志金句，希望能給正在徬徨或失意的你一些能量。

It doesn't matter what your background is or where you come from, if you have dreams and goals, that's all that matters.

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

 In life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

As a Black tennis player, I looked different. I sounded different. I dressed differently. I served differently. But when I stepped onto the court, I could compete with anyone.

there's always something you have to give up for success. Everything comes at a cost. Just what are you willing to pay for it?

With a defeat, when you lose, you get up, you make it better, you try again. That’s what I do in life, when I get down, when I get sick, I don’t want to just stop. I keep going and I try to do more. Everyone always says never give up but you really have to take that to heart and really do never definitely give up. Keep trying.

I don’t like to lose — at anything — Yet I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God’s reward, then losing is how he teaches us.

A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.

I don’t have regrets. I don’t live in the past. I live in the present and learn not to make the same mistakes in the future.

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while.

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.

I’ve learned to love me. I’ve been like this my whole life and I embrace me. I love how I look. I am a full woman and I’m strong, and I’m powerful, and I’m beautiful at the same time

You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right.

My story isn't over... This is just a new part of my life. My baby is going to be in the stands - hopefully cheering for me and not crying too much!

雖然小威將從網壇畢業，不過同時也是一名傑出企業家的她，將用不同身份陪伴大家，就如她所說，她的人生故事還在續寫，希望在看的你也不要放棄，因為你的故事也正要開始。

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