Serena Williams says she was born with the innate to always want to win and be the best in everything, while her sister Venus Williams didn’t have that.
During their childhood, the Williams sisters were coached by Rick Macci. Over the years, the 70-year-old spoke many times about how amazed and impressed he was by what he was seeing from the two at a very young age.
Whenever he spoke about Serena, he would often describe her as someone who was the ultimate competitor even at the age of 10.
Later, she became a Grand Slam champion at just 17 after winning the 1999 US Open. That was just the beginning of an all-time great career which resulted in 23 Majors and many other astonishing accomplishments. And the 43-year-old never hid her desire to achieve success and be the best.
While she ultimately fell just short of beating Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Slams, some still argue that there are legitimate arguments to consider the American tennis icon as the greatest players in tennis history.
“I think it’s definitely a little nurture but also something that’s innate. I was born to win. We used to have these talent show and if I didn’t win the talent show, I would go nuts. I would cry, throw a fit… It was innate for me to always have this drive to be the best and to…