"Everything is tennis for me, it’s my career and it’s entertainment, but it’s also a business." ― Venus Williams Topic(s): Business More From Venus Williams "All those lessons that I’ve learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court." "Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don’t get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we’re almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together." "I’m always on the court with my dad." More In Business "The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals."― William James "And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish."― Martha Gellhorn "Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless."― Thomas A. Edison