American - Athlete | June 17, 1980 -
Tennis has been around for so long - women have been playing the majors since the 1800s. Other sports have not had professional leagues for women for as long.
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I've been very focused on my career outside of tennis.
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I've gone to school for business, for design, for architecture.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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Retiring is the easy way out.
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I don't have time for easy. Tennis is just hard.
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I love playing the game. I always have. Of course, winning matches makes it much sweeter. The wins and the losses always lead to these big moments, unless you're Serena Williams.
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I try to invest smart. I'm not a baller. I'm not a blinger.
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For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able to go outside and do what I love. It's a privilege to be able to make my own hours, even though they're long, but I make them.
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When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
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I was a teenager with braces and into sporty dresses with bright colors and cut-outs. For awhile, I really experimented with what I wanted to do. Some really extreme things, I recall.
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When you start playing tennis, you don't imagine there's a whole bureaucracy behind the tournaments and all of that. You just think about winning the cups.
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