Venus Williams Quotes
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For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able to go outside and do what I love. It's a privilege to be able to make my own hours, even though they're long, but I make them.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
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The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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You have to do things right to stay in business, and that's not easy, and that's a choice on a daily basis, the choices you make in how to run your business and how to have a point of differentiation and how to be true to your brand, how to offer something that people want and to offer something that you love.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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I want my opponents to look at me across the net and just not want to play me because I look so fit and amazing and strong. So that's always my goal.
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When you get told that you have a disease, it's like: 'Really? Nah, it's all right. I don't believe that. It must be something else, I'm just making an excuse, let me push harder.'
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I've gone to school for business, for design, for architecture.
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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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I've always found the rain very calming.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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Interior design is a business of trust.
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My family is the most important thing to me because they're always there for me when times are down.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.