Venus Williams Quotes

It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

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• To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.

  

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  • Up
  • Things
  • Tennis

• If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.

  

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  • Know
  • Play
  • Tennis

• Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.

  

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  • Life
  • Best
  • Challenge

• The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.

  

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  • Question
  • Tennis
  • Lose

• Retiring is the easy way out.

  

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  • Easy
  • Easy Way

• Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.

  

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  • Growing

• I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.

  

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• As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.

  

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• Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.

  

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  • Energy
  • Morning
  • Practice

• You win with your feet. It looks easy, and it's not.

  

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  • Win
  • Easy
  • Feet

• I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.

  

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• I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.

  

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• Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.

  

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  • Work
  • Understanding
  • Confidence

• Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.

  

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  • World
  • Men
  • Long

• Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.

  

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  • Keep Going

• I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.

  

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• Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.

  

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• I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

  

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  • Crazy
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  • Tennis

• Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.

  

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  • Life
  • Up
  • Always

• In life, there is no such thing as impossible; it's always possible.

  

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  • Life
  • Always
  • Impossible

• I was a teenager with braces and into sporty dresses with bright colors and cut-outs. For awhile, I really experimented with what I wanted to do. Some really extreme things, I recall.

  

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  • Teenager
  • Dresses
  • Colors

• If the sun comes up, I have a chance.

  

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  • Up
  • Chance
  • Sun

• I guess some kids around me had to grow up quickly, had all those problems. But I wasn't one of those kids, or around those kids, not at all.

  

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• I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.

  

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