Serena Williams who is a top professional tennis player opened up to America's Fader magazine as she graced the cover of their October issue,the interview got her talking about experiences that have help shapen her life.
Many of these experiences have been all the motivation she needed to become one of the world most celebrated world athletes.
Speaking on how a meeting with the late Nelson Mandela helped her groom a virtue of forgiveness, she said,
"We’ve had conversations, but it wasn’t until years later and reading his biography that I really felt like I met this man."
"It
took a minute to click, it didn’t just happen overnight. But I realized
that everything that I’m about, the way that I was raised, and
everything that I’ve been born to do is all about forgiveness and moving
on, and I just felt like it was all about the right time to do it."
According to the six times Wimbledon champion, her visit to Africa made her discover her inner strength. Likening her tough personality to her ancestors.
"They endured the toughest, and only the strongest survived. I
realized that I was built from this incredible bloodline that many
different types of people aren’t built from."
Apart from her success as a sports personality, the tennis player has had some appearances in television programmes such as "The Bernie Mac Show", "Drop Dead Diva", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and many more.
She is currently placed at number two in the world tennis ranking for women.
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