‘Grew Up With a Bible..’ – When a Religious Serena Williams Confessed the Significance of Faith in Her Success

Serena Williams is a transparent and down-to-earth person. She has always been respectful and thankful to the surrounding people. Moreover, the 23 times Grand Slam champion has always expressed herself and has never masked her feeling.

Therefore, it is quite obvious as to why fans admire her and take inspiration from her. However, the question that lingers is what made her so stable. Especially when she was in a sport that challenges a player at every stage.

Serena Williams about having faith

Williams in an interview last year spoke about how having faith in god and believing in his work has been an integral part of her life since childhood. She said, “I grew up with a Bible because my of mom and my family. And I think now, for me, I’m making it my own and really, really making it for myself.”

“I think there comes a point in life where you have your spirituality with what you choose for yourself, and that’s basically what I’m doing,” the former World no.1 explained.

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Thereafter, she added, “There’s so much practical advice you can get from the Bible that applies in our lives today. I really love learning about what the Bible promises and actually teaches.” Serena and her elder sister Venus Williams were raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses by their mother, Oracene Price. Further, Williams has been outspoken about her belief and has earlier thanked god for her success as a tennis player as well.

Williams retirement tour

The seven times Wimbledon champion, after keeping out of the tour for almost a year, made a singles comeback in the grass courts of London. Though owing to the lost form, she failed to get past her very first opponent, Harmony Tan. Following that, Williams enrolled for the WTA 1000 events of the American swing and broke the news of her retirement.

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Williams mapped out a perfect goodbye. She marked the end of her 25 years-long marvelous career at the home-based Grand Slam. America’s favorite stepped on the hard courts of the US Open and executed a round of 32 run.