Venus Williams

If we're going to play, let's win or else there's no need to play.

If we're going to play, let's win or else there's no need to play.

I think I was aware. of the pressure. I started really young. My first pro matches were teens. So a lot of it though, the youth and the inexperience is in some way a protection. You just don't really, really get it. You don't know. Yeah. But also it can go the other way, too. And I think there were some matches where I felt pressure to perform up to maybe what I was supposed to be like this hype.

I think I was aware. of the pressure. I started really young. My first pro matches were teens. So a lot of it though, the youth and the inexperience is in some way a protection. You just don't really, really get it. You don't know. Yeah. But also it can go the other way, too. And I think there were some matches where I felt pressure to perform up to maybe what I was supposed to be like this hype.

But at the end of the day, I failed sometimes. And then the failure was a lesson. And I learned from it. And so that was like, you know. Even though I failed, it was still a step up. It wasn't a step down because I learned something and I got more determined. So I think that a lot of what people want today is based on what they think other people have in social media.

But at the end of the day, I failed sometimes. And then the failure was a lesson. And I learned from it. And so that was like, you know. Even though I failed, it was still a step up. It wasn't a step down because I learned something and I got more determined. So I think that a lot of what people want today is based on what they think other people have in social media.

I think that's a lot of pressure for young people to be successful immediately. No one's successful that young. I was successful young, but I started playing tennis at four and I put in a decade before I even went pro. So yes, it was young, but there was millions of hours of work that happened before that happened. Nothing happens that fast. And really, the process is the most joy I find, right?

I think that's a lot of pressure for young people to be successful immediately. No one's successful that young. I was successful young, but I started playing tennis at four and I put in a decade before I even went pro. So yes, it was young, but there was millions of hours of work that happened before that happened. Nothing happens that fast. And really, the process is the most joy I find, right?

When you can't figure something out or you do figure it, once you figure it out and you've put in the work and you find the right process and you're able to repeat that process over and over and over again, the sense of pride and accomplishment that you get, not from the success, but the work you put in, to get there, that's where the happiness comes from.

When you can't figure something out or you do figure it, once you figure it out and you've put in the work and you find the right process and you're able to repeat that process over and over and over again, the sense of pride and accomplishment that you get, not from the success, but the work you put in, to get there, that's where the happiness comes from.

And I think there might be a generation now that doesn't understand that, that there's so much pride in your work. Like what you do, work is a part of your happiness. You don't want to circumvent that. That's a part of who you are, that accomplishment, accomplishing things gives you confidence and happiness.

And I think there might be a generation now that doesn't understand that, that there's so much pride in your work. Like what you do, work is a part of your happiness. You don't want to circumvent that. That's a part of who you are, that accomplishment, accomplishing things gives you confidence and happiness.

And so if you are empty or because you haven't you skipped that process, then it's something to look at.

And so if you are empty or because you haven't you skipped that process, then it's something to look at.

No, nothing was worse than the punishment that I felt like internally, you know, that my expectation of myself and. I think that's a good thing and a bad thing. You got to temper it, right? Sometimes your expectations can be, you can be so hard on yourself that you never pat yourself on the back enough. But some people aren't hard enough on themselves. And so then they never make it.

No, nothing was worse than the punishment that I felt like internally, you know, that my expectation of myself and. I think that's a good thing and a bad thing. You got to temper it, right? Sometimes your expectations can be, you can be so hard on yourself that you never pat yourself on the back enough. But some people aren't hard enough on themselves. And so then they never make it.

You got to find the middle, the middle ground of like being hard, but also like recognizing the things you accomplish too.

You got to find the middle, the middle ground of like being hard, but also like recognizing the things you accomplish too.

Yeah, that's easier said than done. Like we hold on to our losses, whether we realize it or not. And you just have to think about this a new day like.

Yeah, that's easier said than done. Like we hold on to our losses, whether we realize it or not. And you just have to think about this a new day like.