Venus Williams, tennis star and this year's Wimbledon champ, is at the top of her game. Recently, she sat down with the folks at Shape Magazine to share her thoughts on fitness, including her inspirations and motivations.

Some highlights:

• On her sister: "Without her, I couldn't have achieved anything. She's helped me believe in myself"

• On what was going through her head at Wimbledon: "It was a ridiculously difficult match and I was behind until the last three minutes. I kept saying that line over and over in my head: 'If I take the opportunities on the court, more will come.' I was also thinking, 'I want to be like Serena; I want to win like Serena.' And I did."

• Practice makes perfect: "You have to practice to develop your talents-and learn to enjoy putting the effort in"

She's an inspiration to us all, don't you think?

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Eva Longoria Parker's booty didn't happen by accident. The petite actress actively works to make sure she keeps a little junk in the trunk. Her trainer, Patrick Murphy, said that Eva does a variety of exercises that work her glute muscles from all different angles in order to get her rear rockin' -- just like regular people. Nice to know it's not all genetics!

Jodie Sweetin (you know, the infamous middle child, Stephanie Tanner, from Full House), is a new mom, and she's acting as a guest blogger at OK! Magazine to "blog about her trials, travails and triumphs as she works hard to get back to into her pre-baby shape."

She wants to lose 25 or 30 pounds of extra weight, and in addition to getting her meals from Nutri-System, she's incorporating a new fitness routine. Can't you just picture her yelling back at her trainer, "How rude!"?