"All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win"
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The clever turn is in the last clause: “A Williams is going to win.” He doesn’t say Venus or Serena. He says the family name, a banner. That choice broadcasts intent and inoculates against disappointment. If either daughter wins, the prophecy holds. It’s also a declaration of authorship: the win won’t just belong to the athlete on court, but to the architect off it who designed the conditions for greatness. The subtext is both pride and defensiveness, an insistence that the world recognize the work behind the spectacle.
Context matters because the Williams story has always been about access and audacity: a Black family forcing its way into a sport that polices belonging through etiquette, money, and tradition. So “now it can happen” isn’t merely about skill; it’s about the gate finally cracking open. The sentence captures the emotional voltage of a family narrative colliding with institutional reality - and the thrill, and risk, of believing your long-shot plan was never a long shot at all.
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| Topic | Victory |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Williams, Richard. (2026, January 16). All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/all-my-life-ive-been-waiting-for-this-and-now-it-128801/
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Williams, Richard. "All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/all-my-life-ive-been-waiting-for-this-and-now-it-128801/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/all-my-life-ive-been-waiting-for-this-and-now-it-128801/. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.



