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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
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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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We're breaking records and we're moving forward. I always expected to win Grand Slams. This was meant to be.
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I am someone who likes to stay positive.
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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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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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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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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
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I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.
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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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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I have a hamburger and you know, something. Because you know, you just need to be nice to yourself sometimes after the loss.
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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
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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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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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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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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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My motto has always been that you can't say, 'Oh, it won't happen to me.' You have to say, 'That can happen to me.' So always be aware that things can happen.
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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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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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