“Failing Is Not the Final Destination”: Serena Williams’ Coach Patrick Mouratoglou Speaks on Self Esteem

American tennis player Serena Williams has been dominating the WTA Tour for decades. She has been under the guidance of coach Patrick Mouratoglou for close to a decade now. Together, they have shared a successful partnership, winning ten Grand Slam titles as a team.

Recently, Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou spoke on ‘self-esteem.’ During the talk, he mentioned various topics with regard to motivation and that people should be not let failure affect themselves instead you have to keep trying till you succeed. 

The 50-year-old coach spoke on this and stated, “Of course, I failed many times, but where the self-esteem is big enough, it’s okay to fail because failing is not the final destination. What’s the problem if in the end, you are going to succeed? Who’s going to remember that you failed 20 times? Nobody. But if you panic with the idea of failing, then you are not going to try.”

Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou provides key insights 

He warned that if an individual’s self-esteem is low, it will be difficult for them to get out of their comfort zone. There is a lack of motivation and then the going gets difficult. There are many out there who dream, but they are unable to fulfill it because they give up before they begin. 

The French coach added, “If the self-esteem is too small, there is no way you are going to get out of your comfort zone. There is no way you’re going to try, there is no way you are going to work hard to achieve something that you don’t think you can get, and you’re not going to start. And we all know around us, so many people have dreams because they don’t try because they don’t believe have a chance to do it.”

Coming to tennis, Mouratoglou coaches players like Tsitsipas and Coco Gauff too. He has his academies set up in France and also recently in the UAE. It will be interesting to see how Williams, Tsitsipas, and Gauff perform in the upcoming 2022 season.

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