“The fatigue is hard to explain unless you have it. Some mornings I feel really sick, like when you don't get a lot of sleep or you have the flu or cold. I always have some level of tiredness. And the more I tried to push through it, the tougher it got.”
"I’m the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don’t have anything. It’s hard. I love her too much. That’s what counts."
- Venus Williams
Love
"I don’t carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry–on."
- Venus Williams
Personal Growth
"Doubt is a killer. You just have to know what you stand for and go for it."
- Venus Williams
Courage
"Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do, and at some point, you will."
- Venus Williams
Belief in Self
"Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will."
- Venus Williams
Belief in Self
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity