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It's a great feeling to have accomplished what I have, but I want to do more.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
Writer
Lynwood
USA
Venus Ebony Starr Williams
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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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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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Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court.
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I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.
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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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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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I am someone who likes to stay positive.
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People ask me where I get my fighting qualities from, and I have to say Serena.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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I guess it's a little bit sentimental, but at the time I was really very focused in on really my performance. Afterward, it was really just a breath of fresh air, just like, 'Oh, yes, I'm back now. I'm doing good.'
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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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The naysayers, they don't mean a thing.
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All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.
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Sometimes, when there's a video montage. I'm thinking, 'That's my life. Oh, my God, I did that.' Yeah, it's amazing.
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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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I have to say accounting almost killed me.
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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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I wear a lot of tight dresses, so I'm like, 'I need to do my sit-ups!'
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I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.
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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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