Come to Win, Venus Williams
Come to Win, Venus Williams
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Come to Win
Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession

Author: Venus Williams

Narrator: Abby Craden, Paula Jai Parker-Martin, Mirron Willis

Unabridged: 11 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Amistad

Published: 06/29/2010

Synopsis

Multiple grand slam tennis champion and entrepreneur, Venus Williams and 46 of her colleagues, friends, and mentors deliver a volume of invaluable wisdom, motivation, and inspiration. Come to Win demonstrates how the principles of competitive athletics translate into business success. With contributions from a wide range of men and women who reached the very top of their games—including former CEO and bestselling author Jack Welch, fashion designer Vera Wang, actor Denzel Washington, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice—Venus Williams’s Come to Win is a book every aspiring professional, coach, and sports enthusiast should read.

About Venus Williams

With seven Grand Slam titles and four Olympic gold medals, tennis champion Venus Williams is one of the most accomplished and inspiring women in the history of sports. Venus was the first African American to reach a number one ranking in the Open Era and has been a profound advocate for gender equity throughout her career. Off the court, Venus has several successful business endeavors including the plant-based protein company Happy Viking, where she can showcase her passion for wellness and empower others to embrace healthier lifestyles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on August 18, 2024

Sports 06/09/24 - 06/16/24 It's been about 2-months since I read this. I read this because my daughter Sophia shared her ambitions of being a competitive elite athlete with me. Before reading this book, I saw "King Richard" starring Will Smith, who played Richard Williams, the father of tennis supers......more

Goodreads review by Jill on June 02, 2021

Love Venus’ story… many others were interesting. Unfortunately, too many were just trite, boringly self-aggrandizing, or basically ‘I’m a success because I went to Harvard/HBS/Harvard Law/Harvard Medical/Stanford…’ …I had the speed dialed up to 1.75x and I still could not finish the last few hours o......more

Goodreads review by Warren on January 25, 2017

I was misled by the cover of this book. I thought it was a biography of tennis player Venus Williams. No, it is vignettes of 46 famous and successful individuals from business, politics, medicine, science and sport. It is about how sports in their childhood, teenage or college years made them the wa......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on January 16, 2015

In the book come to win Venus faces conflicts in her health that set her back in her tennis career. Another conflict it that she started tennis a a late age so this causs a problem with her mind set and health because her body didn't have time to warm up to the sport before she went pro. This is a r......more

Goodreads review by Camina on April 14, 2016

For anyone that holds (or will hold) a title or a position of power or leadership, I would recommended this book to them. Even if you haven't, you'll get something out of this book plus you get to read about how sports helped influenced many of today's most successful people.........more

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