If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well. Venus Williams More Quotes by Venus Williams More Quotes From Venus Williams When you step out on the court, I don't think anybody thinks about age. Because if you're out on this tour it means you deserve to be here. You've got the skill. It must mean you know how to play. Venus Williams play mean thinking 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. Venus Williams unbelievable habit winning The outfit is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It's kind of about a surprise, because when Alice goes down the rabbit hole, she finds all these things that are so surprising. This outfit is about having a surprise in a tennis dress, and showing some skin and then just having a print. Prints don't happen that often in tennis. So it's called the Wonderland dress. Venus Williams tennis skins dresses It's a great feeling to have accomplished what I have, but I want to do more. Venus Williams accomplished want feelings Anything which draws attention to me because I am so attractive. Venus Williams attractive draws attention 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. Venus Williams parent home giving Workout. Lead a balanced life and try to have fun. It's what you make it. Venus Williams workout fun trying My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free. Venus Williams enjoy ambition want Whoever is across the net, I want to win. Whoever that person is, that's the day I want to win. Venus Williams persons winning want A win's a win, unless it is not a win, and then it's not a win. Venus Williams tennis winning 'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces. Venus Williams tennis pieces nice I most certainly believe that when you're an athlete, that really translates to all sports. You just understand it, your body understands it, and your mind understands it. And you just - it just clicks. I've found that happening when I play other sports. I've seen it, like when I've hit the ball with other professional athletes, and you can see they're just learning so quickly. It's just something that's in their blood. So I think it was in my parents' blood and they understood. Venus Williams athlete sports believe I've learned about employee relations; I've learned about following your instinct. One of the biggest mistakes you can follow is not following your instincts, you know? A lot of times your instincts will tell you what to do if you have a good one. Now, if your instincts are terrible, then you ask for advice. But if you have good instincts, you definitely have to follow them, or else you regret them. Venus Williams regret mistake advice I think business is the same as tennis. You have to have the love, that helps, or else it's just too much pressure to be able to keep up with. Venus Williams tennis helping thinking 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. Venus Williams victory glory sports Whatever it is, people have issues and that affects you deeply. So you have to get to the bottom of it and not let that affect your life decisions and really understand why you're making the decisions you make so that way you can understand how to not do that, so I always encourage people to ask why and then to really understand you, because that's the only way to be your most successful and your most happy. Venus Williams decision successful people 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? Venus Williams passion dad thinking Sport teaches you so much, and you can translate that to other parts of life. But it's definitely a lot of dedication, not just for, you know, myself or the children, but the parents, the family finances, the money that you could be putting toward retirement you're using to buy tennis shoes and restring rackets and tennis lessons. So if you don't make it, then you may never retire. It's definitely a lot of risk. Venus Williams retirement sports children At the end of the day, you just have to focus on winning. No one can take a win away from you. That's what I focused on. Life is not fair, so I don't go out there expecting it to be. I don't think any of us should go out expecting life to be fair. I think that's expecting too much, and I remind myself of that sometimes. You can get on with your life after that. Venus Williams focus winning thinking A lot of people say, "Oh, I get this high from working out." I've never felt that, maybe because I've worked out for so long it's just a norm for me to push super, super hard. I don't feel the euphoria. But at the end, when it's all done, I feel euphoric. I'm like, "Yes, the work is done." You just feel like a glowing feeling inside. Venus Williams work-out long people
