Venus Williams Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• You learn so much from your parents. We grew up in a home where we were definitely taught to be confident. I definitely give me parents a lot of credit.

  Venus Williams

  Home, Giving, Parent

• To be a well-rounded person and know what's going on in the world around you, to have a perspective outside of your sport, is important for every athlete. I'm blessed that our parents gave us that.

  Venus Williams

  Sports, Blessed, Athlete

  Venus Williams during U.S. Open Press Conference, www.asapsports.com. September 6, 2015.

• My parents always told us, you know, you have to get your education. You're not supposed to become a statistic.

  Venus Williams

  Parent, Knows

  "Venus Williams And Sallie Krawcheck Want Women To Invest". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 18, 2016.

• Sport teaches you so much, and you can translate that to other parts of life. But it's definitely a lot of dedication, not just for, you know, myself or the children, but the parents, the family finances, the money that you could be putting toward retirement you're using to buy tennis shoes and restring rackets and tennis lessons. So if you don't make it, then you may never retire. It's definitely a lot of risk.

  Venus Williams

  Sports, Retirement, Children

• Most definitely always been a passion, and always been one of my goals in life as a young person, to have my own business. My dad gave us his entrepreneurial mindset, so that was also ingrained, as well as the tennis. So in a lot of ways it's a part of making my parents proud. I think we all want to make our parents proud, you know?

  Venus Williams

  Dad, Passion, Thinking

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