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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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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 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 mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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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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Chiropractic gives me the flexibility I need to keep in the game.
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I will always be the older sister. That's never going to change.
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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 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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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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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 have to say accounting almost killed me.
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If I go down, it's never easy. At least my opponent knows they have to go to the end of the earth to take me out no matter what the circumstances. I do try to compete. Even if it's not your best day, I just try to walk off the court knowing I gave 100,000 percent.
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I know it's not the most important thing for me to win the most grand slams and be remembered in this world. I certainly don't have to win satellite tournaments here there and everywhere, I don't have to win at all. Although I do want to.
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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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So what if you fail? At least you'll know what not to do when you try again.
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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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As long as we're fit, we just have so much to give on the court.
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Interior design is a business of trust.
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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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