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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.

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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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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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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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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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If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.
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My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.
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In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.
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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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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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I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
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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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The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
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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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I have a lot of dreams, and most of them come true these days.
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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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My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.
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As long as we're fit, we just have so much to give on the court.
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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 will always be the older sister. That's never going to change.
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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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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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