Venus Williams
Quotes
March 2, 2010: "She's so brave. She's got so much character. I can't imagine playing so well with this kind of circumstance. I don't think anyone on tour could do what she's doing."
— Venus Williams, praising Shahar Peer who upset three seeded players to reach the semis at the Dubai Championships, a year after the Israeli tennis star was denied a chance to play in the tournament when the United Arab Emirates government denied her a visa.
November 14, 2008: "America is a wonderful place. I love my country, I love living there and I love my passport. But also it's a country that since its beginning - especially as it is supposed to be a place where people were escaping intolerance - it became a country which was intolerant of different minorities and skin colors. So I think it's amazing that America has an opportunity to have someone who is from a minority or mixed race."
— Venus Williams, on her country's electing Barack Obama as the first African-American president.
July 7, 2008: "I can't imagine having a pro career without Serena. She inspires me. She taught me how to dig deep, be a fighter."
— Venus Williams, who beat Serena to win her fifth Wimbledon title.
May 28, 2008: "I'm happy for her if that's what she wanted to do. It takes a lot of courage. And whether I'm courageous enough, I don't know, but it's great for someone to be so courageous and tough."
—Venus Williams, on American tennis pro Ashley Harkelroad's posing for Playboy magazine.
July 10, 2007: "I love my life. It's beautiful. I've been so, so blessed. God has been so good to me. I couldn't ask for anything more."
—Venus Williams, after winning her fourth Wimbledon and sixth Grand Slam title, when asked by Hall of Fame journalist and broadcaster Bud Collins what it's like to be Venus Williams.
July 4, 2005: "My
motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything."
— Venus Williams, after staving off a championship point to overcome No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, 4-6, 7-6, 9-7, for her third Wimbledon title and first Grand Slam title in almost four years.
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