Serena Williams

I don't tell that she's special.

I never told her I played tennis.

When she started reading, she saw me and she asked questions.

She's like, what are you doing, mom?

I remember one time in kindergarten, she's like, mom, why are you in my book?

So eventually she learned.

But I don't live that life where, you know, you think that I, you know, and this is funny, but it's also very true.

We also have friends that are very famous.

So when we hang out with them, they seem extremely normal.

So we go to Michael's house or Tiger's house.

It's like, okay, you're good.

So it is very average for us.

And so that's what I want them to do.

I don't want them to ever feel like, because I don't want them to feel they're better than anyone else or they have an advantage because that just, we don't need that anymore in the system that we live in.

We just need some kids that are just as normal as you can be.

So that's what I do.

And if they want to grow up and they want to be a great athlete or they want to be a great programmer, then they have every right to do that.

And yeah, they're going to have an advantage because of the life that I've lived and the life my husband lived.

Sure, they're still going to have an advantage, but they're still going to have to work hard to do there and to make any goal that they want to make.

And so for me, it's super important that they understand that and that they don't feel like they're better than anyone else.