‘I Had $0 in My Name..’- Danielle Collins Reveals Brave Step at 18 That Propelled Her to Tennis Stardom

Danielle Collins was recently in the buzz due to her exceptional performance on the court at the Billie Jean King Cup. Her fans were amazed to see her perform spectacularly at the tournament. And now once again she is winning hearts with her recent interview that was sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

In the interview, she shared really close and personal stuff with her fans, especially about how she had a struggling time during her young age when she had very little money and had to take up odd jobs to make up for it. She even shared how at one point she had no money at all.

Danielle Collins talks about having no money and not turning pro in her teens

Reaching a successful stage in your life is obviously not easy. And that is true even for Danielle Collins who recently shared her experience through the time from her childhood to her late teens as well.

In the interview, she shared how at one point she did not have enough money to support herself. And also, how she took her time to turn pro and she is happy about it. Collins added, “At 18 years old, I had $0 in my name. I felt like the best way to set myself up for success was college. It allowed me to evolve and grow as a person and an athlete. It gave me the time to physically and mentally develop, which was important. If I had turned pro at a young age, I would not have been in the right place from a maturity standpoint to be able to have the career that I would have wanted to have.”

There are very few players who are happier with late success. But Collins is one of them as she feels that having that success later made her value it more and manage it well too. Further, she also shared in the interview how she would manage to make money when she wanted to watch tennis tournaments.

Collins opens up about taking jobs to support herself

In the same interview, Collins talked about having no money. Further, she also added how she would take up multiple jobs to make money. One of the primary jobs she used to do was babysitting. She used to save the money she got from this job so she could get on a bus and see the tournaments that she always wanted to.

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She also talked about teaching adults. She would even save the money from that job so she could travel around and follow the tournaments because that would help her become more motivated as well as teach her a lot of things.

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