You have to believe in yourself when no one else does — that makes you a winner right there.

More from Venus Williams

• It won’t be an easy journey. It’ll be long, and arduous. But I promise you one thing: on the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and Earth shall become our new home. So say we all!
• A gentleman can live through anything.
• Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
• Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
• Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.