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It is very important not to think about losing.

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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 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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For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.
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I don't have time to be negative.
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I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.
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If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.
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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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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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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 focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.
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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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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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It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.
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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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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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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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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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It's a great feeling to have accomplished what I have, but I want to do more.
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