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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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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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Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent.
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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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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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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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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've always found the rain very calming.
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You learn so much from your parents. We grew up in a home where we were definitely taught to be confident. I definitely give me parents a lot of credit.
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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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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.
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