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I am someone who likes to stay positive.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
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USA
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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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The naysayers, they don't mean a thing.
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Id like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I have to say accounting almost killed me.
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My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.
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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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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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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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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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There have been many frustrating games. I don't there's going to be another one that isn't frustrating. That happens, but that's sport. Otherwise why would there be so much glory in victory.
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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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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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Winning once is never anyone's dream. We all want to keep winning no matter what it is, or if we retire, we all still are striving toward something, probably most of us are.
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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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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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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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The thing that's most important in getting you in the best mindest is just being prepared - having a great practice, and knowing that no matter what knowing you're going to go in with confidence. You need to have that confidence to power through.
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You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.
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