Venus Williams Talks Gender Inequity connected Equal Pay Day

For Venus Williams, there's nary greater cheerleader than family.

Ever since she turned nonrecreational astatine 14, the tennis star counted connected the enactment of her parents and younger sister Serena Williams. And arsenic Serena moves connected from the game they some love, Venus is filled with gratitude for an unbreakable bond.

"She's been my relation model," Venus exclusively shared with E! News. "No 1 knows much what I'm going done past she does. She's idiosyncratic who understands maine without adjacent saying a word. I cognize that it's antithetic to person a sibling successful sports, but it is the lone acquisition I cognize truthful I can't ideate not having one."

Venus added, "From what I understand, 99 percent of radical bash it unsocial but I ne'er had to."

Whether practicing unneurotic arsenic kids oregon traveling the satellite for tournaments arsenic adults, Venus and Serena person shared countless experiences together. To take conscionable 1 favourite whitethorn beryllium impossible.

While playing with household has its perks, Venus isn't exempt from facing hardships and hard losses during her career. But arsenic an advocator for mental health, the Olympic golden medalist has developed tools, acknowledgment to her enactment system, to get done immoderate obstacle connected and disconnected the court. 

"It's not thing that comes by chance," she said erstwhile describing her loyal inner circle. "You person to beryllium intentional astir it and you besides person to beryllium idiosyncratic that radical similar being astir too. I deliberation that helps a lot."

And it ne'er hurts to inquire for help. This month, the jock is partnering with BetterHelp to supply up to $3 cardinal worthy of escaped intelligence wellness for individuals who whitethorn not consciousness their best.