Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.
Venus WilliamsRead
I have always said that after sport, I wanted a life, I wanted an opportunity, I wanted to be able to do something. And if something happens - the economy falls out or the dollar is worthless, anything could happen - you have to be ready to work. And I'm ready.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of preparation and adaptability for life after sports.
In this quote, Venus Williams expresses her desire not only for a successful career in sports but also for a fulfilling life afterward, highlighting the necessity of being prepared for unexpected changes in circumstances, such as economic shifts. She conveys a strong message about the importance of readiness and the willingness to embrace new opportunities, demonstrating resilience and a proactive approach to life's uncertainties.
In practice
In a motivational speech about career transitions.
Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.
I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.
I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be.
If I have to work hard or think hard or just copy somebody else that's doing it better - whatever it takes, I'm going to find that solution. That's the drive that keeps me going.
Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
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Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.
Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.
I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
You don't think. It's all instinct. If you stop to think, you're gone.
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
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