"You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right."
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"Will I have to explain to my daughter that her brother is gonna make more money doing the exact same job because he's a man? If they both played sports since they were three years old, they both worked just as hard, but because he's a boy, they're gonna give him more money? Like, how am I gonna explain that to her? In tennis we've had great pioneers that paved the way - including Venus [Williams], who fought so hard for Wimbledon to pay women the same prize money they pay men, and Billie Jean King, who is one of the main reasons Title IX exists."
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"I just never give up. I fight to the end. You can't go out and say, 'I want a bag of never-say-die spirit.' It's not for sale. It has to be innate."
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"I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had."
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"When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN."
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"I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life."
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"I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while."
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"I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out."
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"I always say if I play my best it's difficult to beat me"
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"My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body."
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"Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream."
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"I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'"
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"I think I can improve a lot. I think I can get a lot better. I feel like there's much, much more I can do."
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"I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on."
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"I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed."
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"I love "Phenomenal Woman." The experiences she had of being African American in the U.S. - that itself is a task. I appreciate the hardships Maya Angelou went through for our generation. I'm super influenced by the black people that paved the way for us."
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"If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen."
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"If Plan A isn't working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D."
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"I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy."
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"It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person."
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