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I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
Writer
Lynwood
USA
Venus Ebony Starr Williams
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court.
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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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I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.
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Well, when I walk behind short people I feel like I'm going to fall over because I start taking these little steps, and I can't take little steps.
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It is very important not to think about losing.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.
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