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Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No.

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I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals, and I try to ignore the rest.

– Venus Williams

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When anyone is critical of what I do, I’m just motivated by it. If someone says we’re not good enough, then we just do better. If another tennis player says something negative, I say, “That girl will never beat me.” We feed off the criticism.

– Venus Williams

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She played well, like I said, just played very focused and put a lot of balls in the court. That's what you have to do. She'll play well the rest of the event.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 4 years ago

Unfortunately, I won't be starting my season in Brisbane due to an unexpected setback during my training, i look forward to being in Australia in the New Year and will see everyone at Adelaide.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 4 years ago

I think she believed in me, she was rooting hard but didnt seem panicked at all after I lost the first set.

– Venus Williams

Found on FOX News 4 years ago

I mean, Im pretty pumped, when youre winning, its fun.

– Venus Williams

Found on FOX News 4 years ago

I just tried not to go too big, because I can go so big and I have a lot of power and it's not always easy to control it, so I'm trying to play smart instead of going hog wild, which is extremely easy to do.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 4 years ago

I think I'm just going to approach her like every other match I have been approaching. My routine has been working pretty well so that's how I'm going to go into the match, i like to look at prank videos on YouTube and listen to music. I love music that keeps me calm before matches, because obviously when you get out there there's a lot of nerves anyway. Yeah, I like to find my own space, put some relaxed music on.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 4 years ago

I wasn't expecting any of this. A lot of celebrities were DM'ing, posting me. I'm kind of star struck. It's been hard to reset, there's so much going on. I'm still shocked that I'm even here.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 4 years ago

I didn't realise that until after the match looking at the stats, i've never had a match before like that in my life.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

I feel definitely more comfortable going into that match than, for example, today, i had never played( McHale) before, so you feel like you don't really know what's going to happen. Earlier, Latvian 11th seed Anastasija Sevastova became the latest player to be stuck down with a viral illness at the tournament. Sevastova was down 5-0 in the first set of her third round match with Estonian 21st seed Anett Kontaveit when she retired. Her departure came less than 24 hours after Venus Williams was unable to continue Venus Williams match on Sunday, also citing a viral illness. Men's third seed Alexander Zverev also said on Monday after losing to fellow German Jan-Lennard Struff that he too had a virus. Among those women still feeling healthy, three-times grand slam champion Angelique Kerber battled back to beat Russian qualifier Natalia Vikhlyantseva 3-6 6-1 6-3. Kerber took a while to warm to her task on a cool morning in the California desert.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

I don't know honestly. I'm still trying to figure it out, every day is not your best day but that doesn't mean the heart and desire aren't there.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

Game-wise I feel like I'm, like, as good as anyone else. But I just feel like maybe mentality-wise there's certain things to do in certain situations that I'm not that aware of.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 6 years ago

I miss her a lot. I think she misses me.

– Venus Williams

Found on Reuters 6 years ago

I think the bodies have made their decision, and she has an opportunity to come back and continue her career, i think she should be allowed to continue that. If people want to give her wildcards, I guess that's the tournaments' decision as they weigh other wildcards.

– Venus Williams

Found on CNN 7 years ago

It's never easy, but anything worth having is usually something you have to work for, i've definitely faced unexpected challenges, but I'm not going to be the first or the last person or athlete to overcome health issues to be their best so I look at it as something that hopefully encourages other people who are having chronic health issues.

– Venus Williams

Found on CNN 7 years ago

It was enough of a fairytale to come here and play, a win would have been nice, but that means I have to come back, play next year.

– Venus Williams