If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen.
Serena WilliamsRead
I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.
Interpretation
Inner strength and determination can overcome fear.
This quote by Serena Williams emphasizes the importance of harnessing one's inner desires and ambitions in order to confront and overcome fears. It suggests that the drive to succeed can often surpass any internal doubts or anxieties, motivating individuals to push through challenges and achieve their goals.
In practice
During a sports team's pep talk before a crucial game.
If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen.
Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.
Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.
I don't like to lose-at anything... Yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God's reward, then losing is how he teaches us.
I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.
I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.
Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.
When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed
Rejection is part of the process, so you can't let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, 'Sheltering Rain,' was translated into 11 languages.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Whatever I did, there was always someone around who was better qualified. They just didn't bother to do it.
I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!
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