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  1. “Competition. I want to be the, I want to have a really strong voice on those boards. I definitely am competing to be on other boards as well. So that's very competitive. And of course, the fashion with this new company that we just started, that is going to be a lot of competition to outdo some of the other people that are doing their own lines as well.”

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  2. “I have four older sisters, we have three older sisters, and I'm the youngest of five, and my mom, if you ever met her, she doesn't play. If I'm not humble, they give me a whack in the head.”

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  3. “Is real. I write a lot of things down. Balancing work in life is easy for me because I made it, you know, I work from, I have to be done at one at the latest, usually, but I wanted to be here with you guys. But my everyday life, I try to be done at one that wagon spend the rest of the day with my daughter. I could take phone calls, which is fine, but as long as I'm at the house, I'm good.”

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  4. “Another great question and very important for me. I believe it starts young. I believe it starts two months out the womb. I really do. I was in a store. I won't mention which one. And I saw the girl section and it said mommy's princess and daddy's princess and cute and adorable. And I was in the boy and I went to the boys area and it said, curious, I'm a thinker, I'm smart, I can do anything. And I was just like, what? You know, and I would have never noticed it before. That's why I say it starts. And this was like zero to three months, three to six months clothing. So it starts now. It starts instilling that positive, telling your daughter. You can do anything, you can be the best, just the way we tell our sons. And it's something I have to do too, because I have a daughter and I need to make sure that I'm actively working on that.”

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  5. “Definitely, Moana Yeah, the Moana songs. I love them all. I don't know if she likes the way I sing them, but I love singing them to her.”

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  6. “Impossible. Impossible because there's too many good ones. You got Forest Gump, you got the color purple, you have Friday, you have Shawshank Redemption, you know what? You have, I even like gentlemen prefer blondes, you know impossible. You get impossible upline.”

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  7. “How to move the ball around more, how to raise the ball. There are more technical stuff. I don't know. That's a good question. I feel like if I were just to take my losses the way I take them now, which is awful. Imagine what they were before. So, if I could do that, that would be better”

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  8. “Well, you have to work hard. You have to believe in yourself. And even when other people don't believe in yourself and you hear negativity and now with social, there's so many things negative that you can read about yourself. You just have to be so positive and you have to love you and believe in you more than even more than your parents probably would ever believe in you. So that's what it takes.”

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  9. “Everything. I really honestly think I was a superhero in a different life, on a different dimension. Like I was Miss Marvell or something”

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  10. “But I do still like Marvel. I love Marvel comics as well. But yeah, so I just was watching catching up with a show called Young Justice. But anyway.”

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  11. “I don't know. I fail a lot. I fail so many times in fashion, and I don't know. We're working on this new collection. It could fail too. But the thing about failing is it's good. Because if you fail, sometimes you don't know how to be better if you're always doing right, or you can just kind of stay in this plane and you're probably like, well, how come I'm not here? How come I'm always here? But if you fail, then you fall and then you kind of can rise up higher than you ever would have if you didn't fail. So every time I lose, which I absolutely abhor. But every single time I lose, I get 10 times better. And that's failing. That's what it does for you.”

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  12. “There's this book called Fable Haven that I love. Obviously I loved all the Harry Potter books. I just recently read this book Skyrators, which is another Brandon Meal book. Okay, I'm talking way too much about that. Clearly, that's the majority of my reading.”

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  13. “I love autobiographies. I read Cheryl Sandberg wrote two books. She wrote Lean In and then option B, which was they're both great books. Also love to read fantasy novels like Dragons and Stuff like give us a”

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  14. “So, the whole point of me studying pre-med was because I like a holistic approach of medicine. And I wanted just to have that in order to do the holistic background, you still have to have that pre-med. But the whole purpose was if I ever had kids, that way I'd be able to know what to do, what not to do, and how to help them and how to not help them. And so then Olympia popped up and it was just like, oh.”

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  15. “I said the fashion one. You guys probably didn't know that one Oh, I was well, I'm going back to, but I'm studying pre-med at UMass.”

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  16. “I love the Olympics, a tennis player never grew up thought about playing the Olympics. We thought about U.S. Open Wimbledon, Austin Open French Open, and that was it. So, when there was an opportunity to play for the Olympics, it's like, is it that chewy? And then you go and you see all these athletes from all these different countries and this is their life. Every once, every four years, this is their moment in time and they may never come back. And you realize how amazing it is to hold a gold medal that someone else has as well and a field that they've worked for for 20 years plus for just that one day. And as much as I love my Grand Slams trophies, which I would never give up, for me, my Olympic gold medals mean more to me.”

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  17. “I follow Kobe. I follow Don't follow a lottery roll. I think I follow LeBron J I follow Venus. That doesn't count though. I follow a lot of tennis players. I follow Caroline Wesniaki. I follow.”

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  18. “It is, but the thing we strive is to make one person better. Because that one person can make one person and that one person can make one person before you know it, it makes a lot of people better. Hopefully it's more than one person, but usually we just strive for just that one to make that one person better. And for me, I think that is super important to do.”

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  19. “Equality. So I'm looking for people of equality as well. So different races. So for me, that's super important. And so that's what I focus on.”

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  20. “Tennyson has taught me that it's important to stay focused in your business. So for instance, when I started my investing, it was very another mentor of mine. He also is one of the Pinterest main Pinterest people. He was telling me that it's very important to Have a focus. And I'm like, I can focus, I can do that, I do that in tennis a lot. But he would say that you could have a focus on what you want to do. So I knew that I wanted my focus was going to be Female founders, another focus of mine were Oh my gosh, I think I have mom brain. I have a really bad case. Oh my goodness.”

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  21. “Really more let more does VC work now more than anything. So he has his VC firm initialized. He's had it for many years, but he's definitely doing 100% of initialize now. So that's super cool. That's super fun. That's a whole different investing and just a whole different side and a whole different world that I'm a part of as well. But it's fun. It's really fun to see him go to work and go to bat for that and basically throwing a baseball in the air and hoping it lands in a hoop.”

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  22. “So my business mentors are one of my business mentors is Cheryl Sandberg. She's so great. She's been very, very amazing. She actually was very helpful with getting me on that survey monkey board. In fact, she recommended me and wanted me on that one. Anna Wintor, who's another very, very powerful woman, super, super, super smart. Tim Armstrong and I've gotten incredibly close. He's the CEO of AOL and now Verizon AOL Yahoo combination. Yeah, I have quite a few, but it's been really great. Alexis O'Hane, I probably should mention him. We're married.”

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  23. “It's cliche in San Francisco to say change the world, but that's what these companies are doing. These companies are changing the way people think, the way people function, the way people drive, the way people catch rides, the way people ask questions. This is a new time. And I don't want to be left behind. I want to be a part of that new time. So I always try to educate myself and try to stay up.”

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  24. “Nerve wracking up your life. Yes, I'm actually. Tim Armstrong wanted me to be the chairman of the board of advisors on that one, so we have tons of meetings coming up because we have our first board meeting. It's for oath. It's a new AOL Verizon company. So we have our first board meeting. Our first Q1 actually is in a couple of weeks. So we're excited about that one as well. That's a great opportunity. I do love technology. And like I was saying earlier technology affects our lives from sport to equipment to running a company to running business like SurveyMonkey. It really affects our lives. And so for me, I've always been, especially I think a lot of people now are really trying to get into tech and just trying to think, well, what's the future? What's the next Facebook? What's the next Tesla and just figure out basic?”

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  25. “Guys, it's not my fault. The baby's coming, so that one was really tough, but I'll be at the next one. It's good. Like you said, a ton of decisions are made about the company and about how it's going to be run and how it's going to do.”

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  26. “That helps involve different foundations in terms of making change and equality, which is again something that I truly, truly believe in. And I got asked to join another board a few days ago for a new sports league that's starting that I'm deciding whether I would join it or not. But it's interesting because I have always had this really side business mind that I often bring to the court with me and that I have always just had and I like to say I got it from my dad but I love it. I really love being a part of the boards. I love my first board meeting while I was a little nervous. I just kind of sat there with like a deer and headlights like should I say something? Should I not say something? What do I do? The second one I was giving birth and I missed that one. So I was like, I promise.”

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  27. “Just recently joined the board of SurveyMonkey. A lot of businesses use them very, very, very big company. So that was really exciting. In fact, we had a call yesterday. We have a meeting in February, our first Q1 meeting is in February. So that was exciting for me. I just joined a board with Billie Jen King just for”

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  28. “And I designed everything I did for oven wearing on the court. Most collections, not all, but a lot of the collections I designed for. And so it was a no-brainer after going to school, studying it to start a collection. So I've done that for, I don't know. Nine to eight, nine years, and now I'm starting a different collection. So yeah, it's been really fun. It's a lot of work. Like I said, I'm incredibly hands-on, but because I know the art and I know the skill and it's not something I'm just putting my name on and then just going out to practice, which wouldn't be a bad thing because I could use a little extra practice nowadays. But I'm super involved.”

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  29. “So I'm very hands-on, maybe too hands-on. I'm going to have to figure out a way to take at least one hand out. I went to art school. I went to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, which is just down the street from here. And I studied fashion. So when I was young, I used to, we couldn't, you know, you have a baby doll and you can buy different outfits for it, but we couldn't afford the outfits. So my mom taught us how to sew. And I would always make my baby doll different outfits from socks that I probably, looking back that I probably stole, like, why did I get those socks? So I'd always make different outfits from, I'd have like a million dolls. I always make different outfits for my baby dolls. So, you know, I've always just been a fashion person and I've always loved designing.”

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  30. “Almost fainted. It was just like I've been using this for years. This is what I use. This is what I do all my life and it just tells such a great story. So a lot of the time, and I think every athlete kind of wants to be with Nike. That was another one that was just really genuine. So I always follow those guidelines. I always try to be true to myself. You're not going to see someone different here and then meet me somewhere and see a totally different individual. So I always try to be true to myself and true to people that I line up with.”

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  31. “Six years old. I was using a Wilson racket. They didn't pay me. I just loved the product. So when the opportunity came to sign with Wilson, I was overjoyed. I was like, oh my goodness, this is what I use. Yeah, this was great, you know? So I don't, when I do endorse something, it's genuine. Another example is Gatorade. I'm from Compton, California, and we couldn't really afford to buy Gatorade. So sometimes we'll be practicing on the public courts, and my dad would leave the courts and go around the corner to the little corner market, and he would buy one Gatorade. Back then it was like in a glass bottle. And we would all share it. And it was the treat of the life for me, you know? When an opportunity came up for me to be endorsed with Gatorade, I”

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  32. “This is what we can do for your foundation. This is what we can donate. This is how we can help you come up with different ideas. This is how we can be involved. And so for me, that means a lot to me because I don't want to be involved with a company that generally doesn't care about the world that we live in. So there's been so many times I've turned down things because it just didn't fit with who Serena as an individual and as a person is. And then I have other companies that I do work with. They all definitely have given and want to give and have given a lot to their own various charities and things that they do as well. So that's super, super important to me. Also have to believe in the product. So, I'm not gonna use something that I just don't believe in, for instance, Wilson, actually used them when I was”

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  33. “My So for me, the further along I got in my career, I really became a lot involved. Honestly, when I was younger, I always wanted to give. So one of the foundations that I look at for a sponsor is someone that says”

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  34. “Equipment is important. I feel like if you're sometimes I've noticed that some players will switch equipments because equipment because they have a sponsor that will pay them more. Then they'll start losing. So it's like it's so important to have the right equipment. You don't want to go out on the court with a pair of shoes that's going to break. You're probably going to start losing matches. In the long run, it ends up being bad for you. So the equipment is key. You really have to have really good equipment. And I have to say and vouch that you have a great racket.”

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  35. “Yeah, once you stopped looking at the short term, I was just able, like something released, it was like something chemically released in me and I totally relaxed. I think I went four in a row at that point. And it was just a lot easier. You know, sometimes I think I know I, and I think we, a lot of people in this room can't relate. A lot of pressure on your cells, and it's hard, so you just have to kind of just take a deep breath and almost sometimes take a step back and then take those three steps forward.”

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  36. “But to me, it made sense because I set my goal for just what was in sight. I think subconsciously a lot of people set their goal on what's already there. Why not reach for a higher goal? And so I really learned from that that, yeah, Margaret Court has 24, but why would I want to reach for that when there's more? And so that conversation really helped me. I ended up winning it was the U.S. Open after that. And I just was able to relax. And so to answer your question, I don't know. I'll just, whatever I'm able to get, if any, that's what I'll be going for”

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  37. “I think it's interesting when there was 18 was my first goal because Chris Eveard and Martin Avritolova, they both had 18 grand slams each. And that was the thing. I was like, and I had 17 at the time, I was like, I got to get to 18. I've got to get to 18. I've got to get to 18. And then I put so much pressure on myself that I lost three in a row. I lost three grand slams in a row really, really bad. And I couldn't play. It was just way too much pressure. And I talked to my coach and he sat me down and he said. Why are you trying to get to 18? This makes no sense. Like everyone puts all this pressure on you. Your goal should be 30 or 40. 18 is such a low goal.”

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  38. “Yeah, it was a yes, because it was a different draw and there are different elements. So they changed it in, I think, the 60s to open air tennis. And so that's when it became people like me playing. She also incidentally played an open air in tennis and won several Grand Slams in open air, so that was really awesome for her too. What was your question?”

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  39. “Well, you know, it's no secret anymore that Margaret Court, I mean, that I would love to catch up with Margaret Court. She played in a different era, so her 24 Grand Slams were a little bit different than the open-air tennis. Long story. Arguably would be...”

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  40. “Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I feel like there's one day I'm going to wake up and I'm going to say I'm done. And I know that when that'll be, and I'll know the feeling, and I don't have that feeling yet, I didn't have it In the last year, with everything that happened, and you know, so when it comes, I don't know.”

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  41. “10, 15, 20 years ago, and it just started becoming more available in the past. Seven years or so, and that's really been helping me to be able to continue to evolve.”

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  42. “Throughout the years, I make a lot of adjustments because I've been playing professional for almost 20 years, so it's a really long time. So throughout that time, I just make adjustments because if I were doing the same thing 20 years later, I think I would be a little bit tired and just I wouldn't want to do it anymore. Every few years I reinvent myself. I try to reinvent exercise and also technology has really changed a lot in terms of helping athletes perform better, perform longer and you see lots of athletes in all sports that are playing deeper and playing when they're a lot older. So that's been super helpful for me and also lots of new studies came out that was able to help performance peak of athletes. So it's been really interesting. So that type of stuff wasn't available.”

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  43. “But no, but I was like, you know what, Serena? And that gave me the motivation to just to work harder on that. So sometimes breaking things down, like simple, so simple like that just can also help. But mental has, it's always been something innate for me. Like mentally, I've always just, it always clicked. I've always wanted to be on top, to be holding the trophies, to I've always wanted that. So mentally I knew what it took to get there and physically even today I'm just like Trying to get back and trying to get that I'm just trying to get that physical back”

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  44. “Mental aspect is a huge part of my game. Physical is tough as well. It's a part of the job. One day, a few years ago, I described and I realized that for the first time, I realized that my job is to stay fit. And simply put, so I was like, okay, you have to have a better diet. You have to do this. That's my job, literally. That's my job.”

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  45. “Well, my dad, he was always super, super positive with both myself and my sister, who you may or may not know. Famous, famous tennis player. So my dad was always so positive, and he always taught us to think incredibly positive. He said, you know, you are what you think. If you think you're the best, you're going to be the best. If you think you're a mediocre, you're going to be mediocre. So that's kind of followed me throughout my whole life. So I always thought I'd be number one. I always thought I would win a Grand Slam. I never thought I would have so many Grand Slams. But I always thought, you know, at some point that I would have an opportunity to hold, in particular the U.S. Open Trophy.”

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  46. “It definitely was super, super fun in the beginning, but as a nine, eight-year-old kid, you definitely sometimes To go out and play with other kids and do different things, so then it became a little bit of a chore, especially as a teenager, it was like more or less goal-oriented, because you think you see these players, you see these teenagers that are actually professional, and it's like, oh my God, I want to do that too. And you realize that all the time that before that you wanted to go out there and just be a kid and just to kind of play with everyone else, you're really grateful for those moments that you spent that few extra little bit of a time just working on your craft.”

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  47. “I am a little bit, not so much. I don't allow my daughter, Olympia, to watch too much TV. So, whenever she's like nap time or something and I'm home, I turn it on really fast. But when she comes down, I kind of turn it off.”

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  48. “It wasn't that difficult actually to decide not to compete. I really, when I was there, well, I wasn't there, but when I was making the decision, I didn't want to go to Australia just to compete. I wanted to go or to any tournament just to compete. I want to go with the mindset and the mind frame that I'm here to win. I'm not here just to show up and just kind of take a space in the room. So for me, that was really important. And when I realized that if I went to Australia, I would be just filling a seat. I knew that that's not how I've traditionally done my career. I've always entered with the mindset frankly to win. And yeah, I don't win them all, but at least my mental was there. So I didn't make it. You know, I'm okay with it.”

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