Serena Williams has undergone a truly stunning transformation.
Oh, and she’s absolutely gorgeous, too.
But Williams wasn’t born with a racket in one hand and a trophy in the other.
And what else makes Williams tick, other than slamming serves and displaying sheer prowess on the court?
Her father was aformer sharecropperfrom Louisiana a fraught and often unjust predicament, as noted byPBS.
As for what Williams hoped for herself in the future?
“I want to be a giving woman and just a nice person in general,” she continued.
“Venus said, ‘Serena, you take my money you go eat.'”
That included while the family was dining out, too.
“It was tough for me to stop being Venus and become the person I am.”
“Our father doesn’t get enough credit,” Serena Williams toldOprah.
“He showed us how to serve and we have the biggest serves in women’s tennis.”
“I had never seen bodies that could move like that.”
“Basically she crushed me,” she continued.
“Born with an innate insatiable desire to never quit I knew I would return,” she added.
“I would come back.”
And come back she did, as we all know, showing the world she’s the best.
After that game, Williams started climbing the ranks in her sport, according toESPN.
That landed her on the cover ofSports Illustrated, as well as on television for the world to see.
But Williams still wasn’t done rising.
The cherry on top?
Her rival in all of those matches was her sister Venus Williams.
From that point on, the entire sport of tennis would never be the same.
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On one occasion, Williams even criticized a referee for unfair treatment, after he penalized her arguably unfairly.
That is not right," she told an official.
Of course, the entire family was devastated, said sister Isha Price.
“You have to almost re-learn how to live, how to approach every day.”
“I think we need to get comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations,” she explained.
She also dealt with injuries and struggled with tennis for several years after.
She did manage to win Wimbledon once again in 2012, but what a tough time she had!
“It was such a beautiful moment.”
What a beautiful family!
After all that time on the court, it has to feel pretty amazing to finally become a mother!
She noted that she felt less anxiety after she gave birth to her daughter.
At the last minute, she had an emergency C-section, after her heart rate plummeted.
Fortunately, the surgery went well, and Williams met her daughter for the first time!
“That was an amazing feeling,” she toldVogue.
“And then everything went bad.”
“I was like, a Doppler?
I told you, I need a CT scan and a heparin drip,” she continued.
“I was like, listen to Dr. Williams,” she added.
She then got the heparin drip she knew she needed, thereby saving her own life.
“The narrative has to change.”
Louder again for the people in the back, Serena!
“Maybe it doesn’t get better in time for me,” she continued.
She also has a size-inclusive fashion label, named simply, Serena.
“For me, it’s perfect.
I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
“I was like: well, you didn’t see any of this before?
I’ve been talking about this my whole career.”
Is Serena Williams the GOAT?
“But not yet.”
“I’m well aware of the record books, unfortunately.
It’s not a secret that I have my sights on 25.”
