American tennis legend Venus Williams had a tough childhood. She began playing tennis at a very young age and had only the basic facilities available to practice the sport. She used to go along with her father and younger sister, Serena Williams, to the public tennis courts to train. However, she overcame all odds to carve a niche for herself in her tennis career. Recently, she opened up about why the desire to be perfect can become dangerous.

Venus has often shared learnings from her career on social media to motivate budding players. Hours ago, she shared another such piece of wisdom.

Venus Williams offers useful advice to her fans

TopCourt, on its official Instagram handle, shared a video of Venus Williams, wherein she talks about the desire to become perfect. She gave an example from her life, saying, “It’s very natural to want to be perfect and everything to be perfect when you go into it but by the time Monday hits, everything is per..per..per. And you have to go and say, ‘I have actually trained very hard for this,’ and being human, there’s going to be a few errors.”

“Go into this match knowing that having confidence in yourself, you can overcome anything that may come your way and say you’ve prepared and don’t worry about perfect because wanting to be perfect can be very tight,” she went on to add.

Venus has been a great role model for budding players. Additionally, young stars like Coco Gauff look up to her, trying to emulate the former World No.1. Moreover, this is not the first time Venus has shared a useful piece of advice. Earlier this year, she revealed her mother’s useful advice that changed her life.

Venus once got useful advice from her mother

During an interview, Venus Williams opened up about how her mother played an important role in her career. While explaining this, she revealed a useful piece of advice from her mother.

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She said, “I had strong role models in my parents—especially my mom. She always said, ‘Don’t ever let anyone tell you what to wear.’ The same went for anyone telling you how to feel and how to think; I had a great opportunity growing up to embrace that.”

While Williams hasn’t officially announced her retirement, curtains are slowly drawing up on her illustrious career. Can she have one last laugh before her retirement? Let us know your views in the comments below.

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