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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.

Venus Williams

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
Writer
Lynwood
USA
Venus Ebony Starr Williams
Ambition
Exactly
Free
Enjoy
Life

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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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When you get into that habit of winning, it gets - I don't know if you call it contagious - but it gets to be a habit. She's developed an unbelievable habit.
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Every Olympics is something special. If you're fortunate enough to play for your country - there's just so much energy. It's truly amazing.
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I am someone who likes to stay positive.
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I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'
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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 say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.
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Everybody's got their problems. The important thing is not to complain about it.
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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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If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.
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I love to be busy, and when I'm off the court, I do things I love.
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Anything which draws attention to me because I am so attractive.
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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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You know, growing up my - you know, I came from Compton, Calif., and, you know, it was a place where a lot of people did come out when a lot of people stayed. So I've been able to see the top and the bottom of life, and I think that balances you if you allow it to and if you remember where you came from.
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I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.
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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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The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
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My parents always told us, you know, you have to get your education. You're not supposed to become a statistic.
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Sometimes, you know, once you pay your taxes and once you pay your expenses, once you've lived this life, things add up quickly. And it's easy to become a statistic. And that's something I've always tried to avoid, and I've always said, hey - not that it won't be me, that, hey, it could be me.
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