Venus Williams Quotes

Boxing life is very interesting life; it opened many doors for me around the world, but now I am ready to invest my energy and my experience and my power for the future.

Tennis has given me soul.

My freshman year of high school, I started wrestling, and I ended up loving it more than anything I'd ever done.

I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.

Do whatever interests you the most. Passion breeds success.

Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical fitness and mental prowess.

In my sports or workout life, I like to prove to myself I can do something, whether it's a half marathon or whatever it is. I like to take challenges that scare me because then once we've accomplished it, we feel stronger.

The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn't mean that they can't get something positive from the sport.

Bike riding requires permanent sacrifice. It means training 11 months out of 12 and 110 days of racing, whatever the weather conditions. Early in life, I realised I did not have intellectual potential, so I dedicated myself to cycling.

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.

I'm all about trying to accomplish more in my life as best I can, be it in the ring or outside the ring.

For me, becoming the best you can be in something that you love, like rowing, is incredibly challenging, and what you learn about yourself, the sense of satisfaction as you get older and move on, you'll never forget that. It's huge.

I'm so proud of my time in karate and what I achieved. It's part of me, so I don't want to leave it behind.

Wrestling has been a journey through life, connecting different parts of my life.

For me personally, the way I've been trained, just through life experience - the harder something is, the harder you have to work for it, the more worthwhile it is, and you just have to know that going in.

I gave up tennis to study, but not before it had shown me how to focus and concentrate. It taught me self-discipline: I was playing four or five hours a day and doing five-mile runs. When I stopped, my energy had to be channelled into something else.

It's very hard to win anything in athletics.

I want to be the best in life. In all parts in life, not just basketball.

I love the game and played from 13 to 35 for almost every single day.

Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.

The challenge to be the best is what drives me and to just improve my body every day.

From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.

From the very start of my career, it was clear to me that achievement was built on discipline.