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So what if you fail? At least you'll know what not to do when you try again.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
Writer
Lynwood
USA
Venus Ebony Starr Williams
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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 contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.
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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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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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Nerves are normal. You can't be cured from them unless you're a machine.
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I think I've been fortunate to be at the top of the game and in the media for years, and a lot of times, people want to be your friend when you're on the top. You know, there have been times when I've been injured and I never got a phone call. So that's the way it is.
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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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We're all conditioned that we shouldn't like our brothers and sisters, that we should be angry and fight. But that's abnormal. A lot of people think that the way Serena and I are with one another is weird. It's not.
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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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A win's a win, unless it is not a win, and then it's not a win.
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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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Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court.
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I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.
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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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It's every Williams for themself.
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I have to say accounting almost killed me.
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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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Most definitely always been a passion, and always been one of my goals in life as a young person, to have my own business. My dad gave us his entrepreneurial mindset, so that was also ingrained, as well as the tennis. So in a lot of ways it's a part of making my parents proud. I think we all want to make our parents proud, you know?
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I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.
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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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