"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."
"My motto has always been that you can't say, 'Oh, it won't happen to me.' You have to say, 'That can happen to me.' So always be aware that things can happen."
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Source: Tennis star Venus Williams. The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. July 16, 2010.
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