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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.

Venus Williams

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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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It is very important not to think about losing.
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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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I'm always on the court with my dad.
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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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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 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 everyone deals with things in their own way. Everybody's different. My family are all different. None of us are the same. We all deal with different things in different ways. I think it's about knowing yourself, what pushes your buttons, and figuring out how to work with yourself.
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Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I have a hamburger and you know, something. Because you know, you just need to be nice to yourself sometimes after the loss.
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We're breaking records and we're moving forward. I always expected to win Grand Slams. This was meant to be.
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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.
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