Venus Williams
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williamsis an American professional tennis player, who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 6 in singles as of July 25, 2016. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002, becoming the first black American woman to achieve this feat during the Open Era...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth17 June 1980
CityLynwood, CA
CountryUnited States of America
You know, growing up my - you know, I came from Compton, Calif., and, you know, it was a place where a lot of people did come out when a lot of people stayed. So I've been able to see the top and the bottom of life, and I think that balances you if you allow it to and if you remember where you came from.
Even though I've won major tennis tournaments, been on television, radio and numerous magazine covers, seeing my picture on McDonald's packaging was one of the coolest and most exciting moments of my life - I literally beamed when I saw it. McDonald's Global Casting Call will give people around the world the chance to feel the same excitement I did that day.
I'm really dedicated to getting my ranking up. I feel like, wow, I'm a very good player. There are all these people ranked ahead of me. After a while, I'm tired of being ranked low.
That's fine because then people will be , 'okay, well, she won't be able to run'. That's a great position to be in.
In 10-15 years there will be a little drop-off for us. It's high tide right now, ... One day there will be another tennis player that excites people -- you can't be No. 1 forever.
Each tournament is important for me, ... Each tournament would do something to my ranking and such kind of thing, step forward for the future. Also I think it's opportunity, the opportunity to do I love, to play my best, to play for the people who appreciate what I do.
Some people say I have attitude- maybe I do...but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.
No, I don't really watch the news. In some ways, I'm very unaware of the latest happenings in the world. I kind of leave it like that because sometimes it's better not to know.
It's what we thought we would always do, so it's a wonderful thing.
I'm feeling good, ... I think it was good for me to be away -- I think it extended my career. At this point I prefer to do tennis more than anything else.
Serena and I are exactly the opposite of anything that ever happened before in the game. The old tennis world was pretty reserved. Serena and I are bold. We stand out. We have color. We're strong. We're pretty. We have personalities. We think things out. We're smart.
It was deathly windy! It was just swirling at random.
I'd like to achieve health the whole year, stay strong and stay healthy and avoid the viruses,
I won Wimbledon because I wanted to be like her in Australia,