Venus Williams quote: "If I'd lived prior to the 1980s, it would have been different, because I would have been playing to prove African Americans are equal. Now, I don't necessarily feel I have to play for black people, because obviously they're doing everything in all sports. If I can go out there and play for myself and not feel I have to stand for something other than what I want to do, that's good."

My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.
VENUS WILLIAMS

After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
VENUS WILLIAMS

You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. T...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to belie...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going fo...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
VENUS WILLIAMS

The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.
VENUS WILLIAMS

A lot of times, I don't just do juice; I do the whole thing blended to keep the fiber.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can ne...
VENUS WILLIAMS

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

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more suc...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I'm always in search for perfection. If it's not perfect, I'm back to the drawing board.
VENUS WILLIAMS

You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.
VENUS WILLIAMS

No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I've always found the rain very calming.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in your...
VENUS WILLIAMS

A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As profes...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
VENUS WILLIAMS

If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you kno...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play te...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I love the food in Thailand because of the exotic spices they use. Their style of cooking is unique ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Interior design is a business of trust.
VENUS WILLIAMS

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fas...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Rain is good for me. I feel like I achieve clarity actually when it rains. The longer I have to sit ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I try to get in some extra carbohydrates and protein the night before and during my pre-match meal. ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train yo...
VENUS WILLIAMS

You have to do things right to stay in business, and that's not easy, and that's a choice on...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoin...
VENUS WILLIAMS

When you're a big sister, it's a great job. I don't know how little sisters feel about t...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our t...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I won Wimbledon because I wanted to be like her in Australia. I just want to be like her. But if she...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I know it's not the most important thing for me to win the most Grand Slams and be remembered in...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adu...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human i...
VENUS WILLIAMS

All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

But just to have Maria and myself here was a really special thing.
VENUS WILLIAMS

At this stage, after my [wrist] surgery [last year], I enjoy each win much more.
VENUS WILLIAMS

No TV, no acting for me. I'm kind of a more behind-the-scenes kind of woman even though what I d...
VENUS WILLIAMS

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no on...
VENUS WILLIAMS

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better,...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Even though I've won major tennis tournaments, been on television, radio and numerous magazine cover...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Wimbledon needs to do the right thing and finally pay the women the same as the men. Players won't b...
VENUS WILLIAMS

We want to be treated equally as the men. This is not just about women's tennis, but women all over ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

We both like to dictate and control the point, even though we have different styles. I guess it'll b...
VENUS WILLIAMS

It was tough. It was sad. I'd like to see an American win this. He obviously had a great chance. But...
VENUS WILLIAMS

No, I don't really watch the news. In some ways, I'm very unaware of the latest happenings in the wo...
VENUS WILLIAMS

it's better not to know.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Are you guys ready for the Williams sisters? We'll see you on Sunday.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Are you ready for the Williams sisters? ... We'll see you on Sunday. There's going to be a lot of ha...
VENUS WILLIAMS

If she wins or loses, I'm extra motivated either way. When she wins, I definitely want to be like he...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Today was a good day. It was windy, so the conditions were a little strange like that. My toss got t...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Every single thing she does motivates me. I guess not every single thing, but at least on the tennis...
VENUS WILLIAMS

At the same time, ... I feel like I have enough experience to get here and really know what it takes...
VENUS WILLIAMS

It was deathly windy,
VENUS WILLIAMS

We're two different people, two different players with different lives, ... But we support each othe...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I feel a little more tired than usual, ... I've had to recover from everything, my illnesses and thi...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Obviously, it's anyone's tournament,
VENUS WILLIAMS

This was my opportunity, I should take it.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I just tried to stay positive and not float away mentally, ... I'm at the end of the line, I've arri...
VENUS WILLIAMS

It's what we thought we would always do, so it's a wonderful thing.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I have a lot of respect for her. She was my favorite player growing up. That's why I started gruntin...
VENUS WILLIAMS

It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.)
VENUS WILLIAMS

I won Wimbledon because I wanted to be like her in Australia,
VENUS WILLIAMS

I'm so proud to have followed her achievements and to have done it in her lifetime.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I didn't feel I was really on my game, ... My feet were slow and she played really well. You have to...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
VENUS WILLIAMS

My hip was hurting, and I couldn't move like I wanted to,
VENUS WILLIAMS

We were very sad when we heard the draw, ... I want her to win as much as me. It was distracting for...
VENUS WILLIAMS

She's definitely a little more fiery than I am, ... I keep it a little more even-keel.
VENUS WILLIAMS

It's always hard to recover after a loss. . . . I have to know when it's time to step up, not to rev...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I just wanted it and felt maybe it's my turn.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Her racket is actually fragile -- powerful but fragile,
VENUS WILLIAMS

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.
VENUS WILLIAMS

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

I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be t...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don'...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I have a lot of good role models in my family for things off the court - like my older sister, who&#...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over an...
VENUS WILLIAMS

It's a new injury that came last night, ... I'm not fit enough to play a tennis match. It's a pity I...
VENUS WILLIAMS

It's a new injury that came last night. I'm not fit enough to play a tennis match. It's a pity I can...
VENUS WILLIAMS

My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So,...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I think I'll just improve on that, and each match at this point is important for me to get a rhythm ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

She played a very aggressive game. I don't think I had an opportunity really to get a rhythm. I woul...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.
VENUS WILLIAMS

The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your r...
VENUS WILLIAMS

She's definitely on the verge of more great things, for sure.
VENUS WILLIAMS

The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my rank...
VENUS WILLIAMS

The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportu...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I want to get better. Every time you lose, you learn from it, and after every win, you look to build...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Athletes, like everyone else, at times take supplements but just have to consult your doctors and wo...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everyt...
VENUS WILLIAMS

When you're on top, you're on top.
VENUS WILLIAMS

He was so fine. I was just wishing he could have took me home with him.
VENUS JUNIUS

These girls know how to play this game. Martin can flat-out crush the ball.
COACH VENUS TAYLOR

If I hate a person, then I must still love him as well.. For the insignificant ones, I don't hate.. ...
LAARNI VENUS MARIE

Somewhere, somehow, maybe I can find someone who can make my heart beat again.. For everyday that I ...
LAARNI VENUS MARIE

Monique handles responsibility well. She can narrow her focus without any difficulty, and her work e...
COACH VENUS TAYLOR

We are going to be a big, powerful hitting team. The offense is really strong, and we have excellent...
COACH VENUS TAYLOR

I can do nothing without His help. Oh, Lord, what ignorance thinking everything was wealth.
VENUS ANGELICA PEREZ

When I am with you, I am invincible.
When I am with you, your kind and loving presence strength...
LAARNI VENUS MARIE GIANGO

There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
IAN WILLIAMS

But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband.
TREAT WILLIAMS

The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke,...
ROBIN WILLIAMS

The day my son was born my life changed completely.
TREAT WILLIAMS

We have a responsibility to help those around us and help others in need.
VIRGINIA WILLIAMS

Sometimes I light incense and a candle. It's so peaceful and quiet. The steadiness of the energy...
CINDY WILLIAMS

If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a...
TAD WILLIAMS

People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that ...
TAD WILLIAMS

One of the fascinating things about researching Heaven and Hell is, of course, the fact that there a...
TAD WILLIAMS

For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things t...
TAD WILLIAMS

My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was ...
TAD WILLIAMS

I am a sandwich man. Somewhere early in life, my epigenetic switches got flicked to 'likes sandw...
TAD WILLIAMS

Every major technological step forward has profoundly changed human society - that's how we know...
TAD WILLIAMS

Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell...
TAD WILLIAMS

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will thin...
TAD WILLIAMS

I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their pligh...
TAD WILLIAMS

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what...
TAD WILLIAMS

In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll fi...
ROBIN WILLIAMS

Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, al...
BETTY WILLIAMS

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the stat...
TED WILLIAMS

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the grea...
TED WILLIAMS

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the la...
TED WILLIAMS

I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
TED WILLIAMS

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
TED WILLIAMS

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
TED WILLIAMS

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
TED WILLIAMS

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.
TED WILLIAMS

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and...
TED WILLIAMS

By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
TED WILLIAMS

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
TED WILLIAMS

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to b...
TED WILLIAMS

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can imp...
TED WILLIAMS

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'Th...
TED WILLIAMS

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
TED WILLIAMS

According to my grandmother, I started singing as soon as I began talking. I always wanted to be an ...
VESTA WILLIAMS

A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment.
VESTA WILLIAMS

I've always felt that to deliver a song successfully, you have to be an actress. A good actress ...
VESTA WILLIAMS

When I lost my record deal, and my phone wasn't ringing, I realized that I had to reassess who V...
VESTA WILLIAMS

Don't you dare print my first name. That would make me sound like a real country girl.
VESTA WILLIAMS

I guess I was always a ham, and I was anxious to try doing different things. I started doing impress...
VESTA WILLIAMS

And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don'...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

And when people give me their word, I listen to them.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

Broadway is really my life.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very m...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I love the French horn.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have d...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

New York is my home.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, th...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as hum...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time ...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitchi...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where you're going to spend good money - a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I'd done a ton of movies here in Hollywood, and I realized that every movie I'd done was som...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really ...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I don't go on tour tours - I just go randomly to cities to do shows if I have an opening in my s...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

The thing is, you never know with any movie how it's going to turn out. It's always a myster...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I used to do little sketches into my cassette tape recorder when I was a little boy. I would just tu...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I just tried to create a life for myself that's full of fun and fantasy and things that equal la...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

It was such a pleasure to work with Eugene Levy. What a treat. That's a guy I grew up watching a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

If you were to come out and hang out with me, just having fun at a nightclub or a party, that's ...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

In 'There's Something About Mary' and 'Dumb & Dumber,' I ended up improvisin...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for '...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I always improvise with the crowd. Sometimes it will be a 50 percent show, sometimes 70 percent, som...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I was walking around bored one day, and I started filming stuff with my cellphone. There are all the...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. W...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I love seafood. Whenever I'm in Las Vegas, I love going to the Bellagio buffet because they have...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I think life would be so much funnier if every day you saw someone walking down the street getting h...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than peop...
IAN WILLIAMS

It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'...
IAN WILLIAMS

I'm too tasteful for my pants.
IAN WILLIAMS

I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
IAN WILLIAMS

I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I p...
IAN WILLIAMS

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
IAN WILLIAMS

We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a nega...
IAN WILLIAMS

I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably...
IAN WILLIAMS

This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or somet...
IAN WILLIAMS

Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
IAN WILLIAMS

So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying ...
JOHN WILLIAMS

Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by mysel...
RICKY WILLIAMS

The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.
RICKY WILLIAMS

As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there ...
RICKY WILLIAMS

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the...
RICKY WILLIAMS

A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
RICKY WILLIAMS

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the streng...
RICKY WILLIAMS

When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore ...
RICKY WILLIAMS

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