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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
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Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
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Every Olympics is something special. If you're fortunate enough to play for your country - there's just so much energy. It's truly amazing.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be.
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The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
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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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It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.
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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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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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My parents always told us, you know, you have to get your education. You're not supposed to become a statistic.
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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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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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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 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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I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.
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Anything which draws attention to me because I am so attractive.
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If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.
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The naysayers, they don't mean a thing.
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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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