You wonder why this guy is hated by the entire tennis world?
"You ever hear people say, 'Money don't make you happy?' Do you know where that came from? It came from white people telling black people that. And the poor black man believed that. He said, 'I don't need money then.' But money do make you happy! But that's how it started back in the 1700s, with the master telling the servant that money will not make you happy. Shouldn't have believed him."
I can always be found in the worst ghettos. In Florida, I'm in Indian Town at least two days a week. They named a street after me -- S.W. Williams Place. The neighbors didn't think I'd let it go up. Because it's so raggedy. But this is me. If they didn't have me or Venus down here, their life wouldn't be worth living."
At last year's U.S. Open, an elderly black lady came and said, 'I've come to see history.' I said, 'You want to sit in my box and watch Venus?' She said no. 'You want to watch Serena?' She said no. She said, 'I came to see you.' People have just made me too visible. Too doggone powerful."
"I think I could've easily played in the NBA. I never thought Pat Riley was a hell of a basketball player, and he played in the NBA. And I know I could outplay him by far, and I think a lot of scouts and owners knew that, too. I played against Wilt. Kareem, too. I never seen anyone who can stop me.
"I'm 6-foot-2 and a half, but, with my confidence, I feel 100 feet tall."
"People accuse me of fixing my daughters' matches. I can't explain it. Nor do I even care to. It's not nearly as bad as the time I was a youngster and I had to fight the Ku Klux Klan at a golf course. This here is nothing
"Tennis has boomed because of Venus and Serena. But I think it's boomed also because of my intelligence and vision."
"I think my girls will get bored with tennis. And I think they will cut their careers short. Unless some new player comes through and starts raising a bunch of hell, I think Venus and Serena will be out of here early. It's too easy right now."
? "People think I'm cocky, but I'm ahead of my time."
"Yes, I stay at Motel 6's. See, I'm a very unbelievably healthy ghetto man. I try to save every dollar I possibly can. As a matter of fact, yesterday, I was at the bank and I bought money orders so I would not have to write checks and cashier's checks for a whole year."
I own so many homes that when people ask, 'Where do you live,' I just tell them I'm not sure."
"I make more money than I deserve. I'm making movies, having movies made about me. I'm going to start my own magazine. I hear people say, 'He earns it off of Venus and Serena.' But I earn a ton of money. My girls wish they could earn what I earn. I doubt seriously if anyone in tennis earns what I earn. No one."
"I'm serious about making movies. Fox will be shooting a movie about me, and also some peoples in Germany and Italy. I'm getting too big. I can't go no place. Everywhere you go, someone wants a picture, an autograph. I can't even go to the restroom at McDonalds or Burger King, and Burger King is my favorite spot."
"I'm also starting 'The Richard Williams Exotic Club.' It's my private club. If you want to come to Florida and have a good time, this is for you. I pick you up, you can drive one of my cars and live in one of my houses. But you have to have made $1 million a year, five years in a row to join. So I don't have to worry about you sponging off of me. I'll personalize one of my houses for you. I'll put your name on the welcome mat, put your picture in the house in at least five different places. And if you live in-state, we'll baby-sit your kids, helicopter you around, have a limo waiting for you. But it's not for people who've inherited money, but for people who have earned it."
"I know I'm popular. And the reason I know is because once I wore a T-shirt with my own picture on it, and people wanted to buy them. I sold almost 4 million T-shirts in less than six months. Just my picture, that's all. Imagine selling that many T-shirts at $21 a shirt. And I have a new energy drink called 'Smash' coming out. If I told you how many millions I have in receipts on that sports energy drink right now, you'd go, 'Holy Smokes.'
"You ever hear people say, 'Money don't make you happy?' Do you know where that came from? It came from white people telling black people that. And the poor black man believed that. He said, 'I don't need money then.' But money do make you happy! But that's how it started back in the 1700s, with the master telling the servant that money will not make you happy. Shouldn't have believed him."
I can always be found in the worst ghettos. In Florida, I'm in Indian Town at least two days a week. They named a street after me -- S.W. Williams Place. The neighbors didn't think I'd let it go up. Because it's so raggedy. But this is me. If they didn't have me or Venus down here, their life wouldn't be worth living."
At last year's U.S. Open, an elderly black lady came and said, 'I've come to see history.' I said, 'You want to sit in my box and watch Venus?' She said no. 'You want to watch Serena?' She said no. She said, 'I came to see you.' People have just made me too visible. Too doggone powerful."
"I think I could've easily played in the NBA. I never thought Pat Riley was a hell of a basketball player, and he played in the NBA. And I know I could outplay him by far, and I think a lot of scouts and owners knew that, too. I played against Wilt. Kareem, too. I never seen anyone who can stop me.
"I'm 6-foot-2 and a half, but, with my confidence, I feel 100 feet tall."
"People accuse me of fixing my daughters' matches. I can't explain it. Nor do I even care to. It's not nearly as bad as the time I was a youngster and I had to fight the Ku Klux Klan at a golf course. This here is nothing
"Tennis has boomed because of Venus and Serena. But I think it's boomed also because of my intelligence and vision."
"I think my girls will get bored with tennis. And I think they will cut their careers short. Unless some new player comes through and starts raising a bunch of hell, I think Venus and Serena will be out of here early. It's too easy right now."
? "People think I'm cocky, but I'm ahead of my time."
"Yes, I stay at Motel 6's. See, I'm a very unbelievably healthy ghetto man. I try to save every dollar I possibly can. As a matter of fact, yesterday, I was at the bank and I bought money orders so I would not have to write checks and cashier's checks for a whole year."
I own so many homes that when people ask, 'Where do you live,' I just tell them I'm not sure."
"I make more money than I deserve. I'm making movies, having movies made about me. I'm going to start my own magazine. I hear people say, 'He earns it off of Venus and Serena.' But I earn a ton of money. My girls wish they could earn what I earn. I doubt seriously if anyone in tennis earns what I earn. No one."
"I'm serious about making movies. Fox will be shooting a movie about me, and also some peoples in Germany and Italy. I'm getting too big. I can't go no place. Everywhere you go, someone wants a picture, an autograph. I can't even go to the restroom at McDonalds or Burger King, and Burger King is my favorite spot."
"I'm also starting 'The Richard Williams Exotic Club.' It's my private club. If you want to come to Florida and have a good time, this is for you. I pick you up, you can drive one of my cars and live in one of my houses. But you have to have made $1 million a year, five years in a row to join. So I don't have to worry about you sponging off of me. I'll personalize one of my houses for you. I'll put your name on the welcome mat, put your picture in the house in at least five different places. And if you live in-state, we'll baby-sit your kids, helicopter you around, have a limo waiting for you. But it's not for people who've inherited money, but for people who have earned it."
"I know I'm popular. And the reason I know is because once I wore a T-shirt with my own picture on it, and people wanted to buy them. I sold almost 4 million T-shirts in less than six months. Just my picture, that's all. Imagine selling that many T-shirts at $21 a shirt. And I have a new energy drink called 'Smash' coming out. If I told you how many millions I have in receipts on that sports energy drink right now, you'd go, 'Holy Smokes.'
