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I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
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Lynwood
USA
Venus Ebony Starr Williams
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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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Sometimes, when there's a video montage. I'm thinking, 'That's my life. Oh, my God, I did that.' Yeah, it's amazing.
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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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I think I can change the game.
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Nerves are normal. You can't be cured from them unless you're a machine.
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Serena and I, we don't have anything to prove ... we still set a very high standard.
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It's every Williams for themself.
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I'm always on the court with my dad.
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I know I'm good at tennis. Other than that, everything else is a wild card. I'm a wild card.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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Just always believe in yourself. Champions adjust. It's a line I learned from Billie Jean King, and sometimes your dream adjusts. Be willing to adjust with it and see where your opportunities ... sometimes a door closes but a window opens, so just follow your dreams and continue. You never know where it's going to take you.
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Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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It is very important not to think about losing.
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Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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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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I am someone who likes to stay positive.
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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've always found the rain very calming.
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I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.
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Definitely sport matures you, if you let it. It definitely makes you grow up because you have to work so hard that if you can't, then you probably aren't going to have the mental capacity to handle it all. That probably played a role in growing up a little faster than maybe other people.
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