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‘Crawl Into Bed With a Different Sister’- Serena Williams Was Forced To Comprehend Life’s Harsh Philosophy at a Tender Age

Published 02/20/2023, 4:12 PM EST

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Serena Williams, the American tennis icon who rose to fame at an early age as a talented tennis player, had to deal with a harsh outlook on life when she was a little child. But the former tennis player firmly believed that this tough situation also brought empowerment in her life. 

The 23-time Grand Slam champion has always faced the harsh reality of life with more pride and positiveness. Moreover, also fought criticism with a lot of patience and dedication and created a name for herself on and off the tennis court. 

Serena Williams once talked about the special bond with her sisters

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The tennis legend in her memoir ‘Queen of the Court’, talked about the time when she was pretty young to compromise her life. And face the hard reality of being the youngest of all in the Williams household. Growing up, Williams spent a lot of time with her sisters. Which somehow made her feel that this is not where she belongs. But rather than going on with a negative note. She took the reality of life and always accepted the positive part of everything.

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She wrote, “How I looked at it was it brought me closer to each of my sisters. How I looked at it was I had this great gift that none of the other girls had. It might have been a negative, but I took it as a positive. Each night, I’d crawl into bed with a different sister, and as a result we each had a special bond. Instead of feeling like I didn’t quite belong anywhere, I felt like I belonged everywhere. It was empowering, really. It made for a series of real, close, substantive relationships, and I had it going on four times over.” 

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Notably, being with all of her sisters gave the former world number one a sense of empowerment at times. And showed her how substantive relationships are in real-time.

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On the contrary, where the harsh life lesson made her stronger, some intense workout regimes make her body break. 

When intense workout made Williams suffer more than life philosophies 

Last year after Wimbledon, in a masterclass, the former world number one shared her training region. And also talked about how her training regime is not easy and it sometimes breaks her body. 

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According to the American tennis legend, playing a 4 to 5-hour tennis match requires a lot of strength that actually comes from an intense workout session. However, the former tennis player also took this as a positive and even master the intense workout, which was quite difficult. 

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Pratishtha Prakash

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Pratishtha Prakash is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism from MIT ADT University, Pune. In the past, she has interned at the sports desk of The Hitavada, a regional English daily newspaper.
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