Venus Williams Quotes

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Birth:	17th June, 1980
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Tennis Player

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Venus Ebony Starr Williams, is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 24 as of November 26, 2012 in singles.She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002, becoming the first African American woman to achieve this feat during the Open Era.

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• It’s been a journey. For women of color, for my family. It’s one dream coming true after another.

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  Topics in Family

  Tags in Women, Journey

• When you lose, you’re more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Motivated, Fail

• I don’t come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I’m not mean and cruel and dirty.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tournaments, Dirty

• Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Being Happy, Healthy

• It wasn’t like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

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  Topics in Dream

  Tags in Athlete

• I always like to win. But I’m the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don’t have anything. It’s hard. I love her too much. That’s what counts.

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  Tags in Counts, Sister

• I’d like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.

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  Tags in Tennis

• If you’re not a competitor, you’ve just got to go home.

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  Tags in Competitor

• Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that 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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  Tags in Some People, People Say

• When you’re on top, you’re on top.

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  Tags in Top

• I think every single point will be important, … I think more than anything, I’ll just have to be able to compete better. When you’re playing Serena Williams, you have to compete better than her. I got a lot of tricks from Serena just watching her. She inspired me so many times. I also got motivated by her in the early part of my career, and even now. I just have to compete better, bottom line.

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  Tags in Competency, Think More