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00:08What do you want to be when you grow up?
00:10Tennis player.
00:11I would like to be a tennis player.
00:16Two black girls from Compton
00:17probably weren't supposed to ever play tennis
00:20let alone be really good at it.
00:24My dad is the one that had the most
00:26revolutionary ideas in terms of changing
00:28the game. I've written a plan
00:30before they were born
00:3178 pages. The plan was for both of them
00:34to become number one in the world.
00:36It really surprised me when both of them
00:38were that good. My parents told me it would be
00:40number one in the world. I was brainwashed.
00:44When she won her first pro tournament
00:45the media just went through the roof.
00:48I was there. I was watching. I couldn't believe it.
00:50I went up to Richard and I said, I think you got
00:52the next Michael Jordan on your hand.
00:54And he goes,
00:55no brother man, I got the next two.
00:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:59This is the woman that I waited all my life for.
01:03Serena Williams is still getting better
01:05and better and better.
01:07Sisters just 15 months apart.
01:09What would be the odds they could not only choose
01:11the same profession, but dominate it?
01:14Their style is very independent and quite rebellious
01:17and that's part of who they are
01:18and why people pay attention.
01:20There's a lot of jealousy.
01:22There's a lot of resentment.
01:23There's an intimidation factor.
01:26I'm getting married in November.
01:28Congrats. We're gonna live.
01:31Right now I'm fearful of the pressure,
01:33but I have to overcome all that.
01:37A surprising announcement by Venus Williams
01:39that she is pulling out of the U.S. Open
01:42to tend to her health.
01:43There's not a sport that tears your body up worse than tennis.
01:46A tennis player doesn't have a long career.
01:49The tragedy for every athlete is age.
01:53The inevitability of not being able to pursue your dream
01:56because your body won't follow you.
01:58I wanted to go out and know for sure
02:01that I couldn't play.
02:03Everybody has been talking about the return
02:05of the Williams sisters.
02:07The Williams take the Australian Open.
02:11The Venus ring transcended the sport.
02:17Through their injuries,
02:19it's kind of woken people up to the reality
02:21that there would be a tremendous void when they're gone.
