Venus Williams Quotes

Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.

To a certain extent, I enjoy failure. It's part of the game. There's always room to grow; there's room to improve.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

When you start in life, if you find you are wrongly placed, don't hesitate to change, but don't change because troubles come up and difficulties arise. You must meet and overcome and conquer them. And in meeting and overcoming and conquering them, you will make yourself stronger for the future.

I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before - and from other years, too - to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step.

I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?

You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed.

You can't worry about the mistakes, because you're going to make a lot of them. You've got to be thinking about your next move.

You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.

Keep your eyes open. Make mistakes - because you will anyway - and remember that small stuff stinks but that it's also essential.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls.

An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures, and are not afraid to fail again.

I'm a big believer that success is never final and failure is never fatal.

You can always learn when you lose.

The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.

I hold myself to a very high standard. But you're going to make mistakes. You've got to erase it and move forward.

I believe in what I call 'the surfer's theory.' You see a really, really big wave. You keep surfing, keep going forward. You just don't look back.

All I can do is keep going out there and playing hard, and whatever happens happens.

There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out.

If you're never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you'll never get better.

No experience is necessary to push yourself past what you think you can do.

You go out and do the best you can and hope it works. You just try to improve.

For me, failure is not a bad thing because it teaches you how to succeed.

At Atletico, I always played with older players, sometimes out of position. I'd keep going back until I beat them.

The most important lesson to remember is that failure is inevitable, but so is success, so rebound.