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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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Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.
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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 think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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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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Interior design is a business of trust.
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We've been training and playing full-time since we were 18 and 19. So after tennis, we'll be excited to see what it's like to have more free time.
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A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
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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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I can walk around fine, but I don't have a desk job.
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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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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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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
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A win's a win, unless it is not a win, and then it's not a win.
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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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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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We don't talk about tennis. I figure she knows what she's doing. I mean, what am I going to tell her?
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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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Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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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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