Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.
Venus WilliamsRead
The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.
Interpretation
Women can achieve anything they aspire to without limitations.
Venus Williams emphasizes the idea that women and girls should not feel restricted by societal norms or expectations, suggesting that they can break through barriers and achieve their goals. The metaphor of a 'glass ceiling' represents invisible obstacles that prevent women from reaching high positions or success, and Williams' message encourages empowerment and belief in one's potential.
In practice
In a women's leadership conference to inspire attendees.
Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.
I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.
I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be.
I have always said that after sport, I wanted a life, I wanted an opportunity, I wanted to be able to do something. And if something happens - the economy falls out or the dollar is worthless, anything could happen - you have to be ready to work. And I'm ready.
If I have to work hard or think hard or just copy somebody else that's doing it better - whatever it takes, I'm going to find that solution. That's the drive that keeps me going.
Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
In Saudi Arabia, they always tell us we are queens. We are pistachios. You know the nut? Like something that is protected. So even if you have a very good education, restraints are put on women.
Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.
She's got some sort of notion in her head concerning the eternal rights of women.
I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women.
Strong women are absolutely unpredictable.
The more I think on the present condition of woman, the more am I oppressed with the reality of their degradation.
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