You live and you learn….
Grand Slam champion Serena Williams learned an interesting lesson in finances early in her career — you can’t deposit $1 million at an ATM.
During a recent episode of the Hot Ones show, Williams stopped by to promote her new ESPN+ multipart series, “In the Arena: Serena Williams.” While nibbling on hot wings, the highly decorated athlete revealed a secret that she once attempted to deposit a large sum of tennis winnings in a drive-thru ATM. “I never really spent a lot of money,” Williams said. “I went through the drive-thru … and the guy was like, ‘Uh, I think you need to come inside for this,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, OK.’ “
When host Sean Evans asked her if it was true that she rarely collected her winnings while on her first tour, Williams touched on never playing the game for money but more so for her love of the sport. “I don’t even know if I wanted to play to be the best; I wanted to win,” she said.
“So my tax guy, he would be like, ‘You didn’t get your money?’ and I’d be like, ‘Oh, I didn’t get that one in Zurich,’ ‘Oh, I forget that one in Moscow,’ … I was just playing to win, and if I didn’t win, I wasn’t thinking. I was just so angry that I wanted to find a way to get better and win the next time.”
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