‘People Are Afraid When You Can Do Something’- Serena Williams Says Confident People Will Always Have Enemies

The American tennis legend, Serena Williams, is known for her fighting spirit and self-confidence on the tennis court. She has dominated her opponents with her ferocious way of playing the sport. Additionally, Williams has also inspired many athletes to fight against all odds by overcoming challenges during their journey.

The 23 times Grand Slam champion recently got featured in a podcast with some of her fans. Meanwhile, Williams discussed people’s levels of confidence. She went on to say that confident people would always have adversaries.

Serena Williams’ podcast feature with her fans

The American tennis icon loves to converse with her fans as she recently did just that on a podcast. She was asked about why people are sometimes bothered about self-belief and confidence.

Williams answered by stating, “People are afraid when you can do something and they’ll tell you that you can’t and they take confidence for something else. And when someone tells you that you can’t do something that’s really them saying that you can’t do it, they can’t do it. And so in other words, they’re putting the energy in saying that you can’t do it and no, no, actually, you can’t.”

She further added, “If you want to have confidence and that’s okay to have confidence, you know, it’s it’s better to have confidence and you know, if people don’t like it, then not everyone’s gonna like yeah,”

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The Tennis legend exuded self-belief and confidence throughout her illustrious career. She further showed her confidence when she launched her own entrepreneurial project, which turned out to be a great success.

Williams also stated, “But that’s just how you have to be just like be confident Don’t let anyone tell you steal your shine or tell you not to shine”

Williams celebrates the launch of her book

The American tennis legend previously designed an adorable doll named ‘Qai Qai’ for her daughter. The doll became very popular among the other children as well. Later on, Williams also launched a book named ‘The Adventures of Qai Qai’,  based off of the popular doll. Williams is known for inspiring many women and now after the launch of her book, she will be inspiring many children as well.

The story of the book is based on the ‘Qai Qai’ doll and a little girl’s inspiring journey. The book has already become a huge success as many people have ordered it for their children. Williams celebrated the launch of her book by sharing an adorable video with her 5-year-old daughter, Olympia. In that video clip, Williams changed her daughter’s hairstyle, which resembled the girl’s hairstyle in the book.

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