#or

I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again. ↗

— Venus Williams

#i #just #just do it #over #overachiever

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home. ↗

— Venus Williams

#go #go home #got #home #just

Interior design is a business of trust. ↗

— Venus Williams

#design #interior #trust

It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine. ↗

— Venus Williams

#dad #dream #his #i #like

Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent. ↗

— Venus Williams

#any #around #because #bigger #business

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there. ↗

— Venus Williams

#course #even #go #good #lose

You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. ↗

— Venus Williams

#around #because #complacent #corner #get

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything. ↗

— Venus Williams

#fail #lose #mistakes #more #motivated

That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#away #awful #direction #door #editors

Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#background #because #characters #easier #generally