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If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
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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 focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
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As long as we're fit, we just have so much to give on the court.
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Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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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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I think business is the same as tennis. You have to have the love, that helps, or else it's just too much pressure to be able to keep up with.
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It's easy to stand back, but to move forward and take a chance, that takes a little more guts, a little more courage.
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Whoever is across the net, I want to win. Whoever that person is, that's the day I want to win.
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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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Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together.
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I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.
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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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I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.
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To be a well-rounded person and know what's going on in the world around you, to have a perspective outside of your sport, is important for every athlete. I'm blessed that our parents gave us that.
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Everybody's got their problems. The important thing is not to complain about it.
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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 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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Chiropractic gives me the flexibility I need to keep in the game.
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