Serena Williams. Either you know her, or you don’t. A lot of people only know her as the women who is a champion tennis player. The unbeatable Serena Williams. But she went through a lot of pain and suffering to get to the position she is in right now. Did you know that she was body shamed in the  middle of a very important game? Or that people brought her down just because of who she was? For countless days she was told. “You know, maybe you should like stop doing all this.” or “Hey, your good and all but your a women.” But Serena didn’t listen to anyone. She only listened to one person. And that person was her. She continuously told herself. ” I can do this, I am not going to listen to these people.”

Those words went a long way. If she didn’t believe her own words, she would never have won 23 grand slams(Grand Slams are the four most important tennis tournaments of the year, each tournament consisting of two weeks. The Australian Open in the middle of January, the French Open in May and June, Wimbledon is in June and July, and the US Open takes place in August and September)23 Grand Slams equal, 7 Australian opens, 3 French Opens, 7 Wimbledon matches, and 6 US Opens.

Almost every sports headline published today features “History is made when Serena Williams wins her 23rd Grand Slam.” Their is no way you could even be retorting her after everything she has doing in her life. What I value most about this extraordinary woman, is that  even when she was being brought down by other people’s voices of disapproval. She only obeyed the voice of her confident soul and mind. So please listen to these words. “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but by how they can recover when they fall.” – Serena Williams. She is definitely a champion.