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Because she loved it too much. I wasn't looking to develop a tennis player, I was looking to develop a human being.

— Richard Williams

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I have never seen a girl that the public takes to as much as they do Venus.

On maybe 300, she'd swing and miss completely.

Serena is going to be better than Venus.

Time for everyone to stand up and be responsible. And that's the problem with most black people. In their minds, they are in chains. They are enslaved.

It's not important anymore for them to be good players. It used to be. No more. What I want is for them to be good human beings.

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