Serena Williams is not yet thinking of retiring from tennis but she is not worried about what comes after as she is prepared for it.
The
40-year-old star has admitted she’s been getting herself ready to step
away from the sport “for over a decade” after following the advice of
her father. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Williams said:
"I am prepared for that day, I’ve been prepared for that day for over a decade. So,
I’ve always – if you’ve seen ‘King Richard’ – you know that my dad
always said you got to prepare, so I’ve been prepared for that. You
know, at the end of the day, I think it’s really important to always
have a plan and that’s kind of what I did. I always had a plan.”
Besides tennis, Williams has many other commitments some of which are in the business sphere. Sometimes things can get overwhelming and she said:
“It is a balancing act and some days it’s harder than the others. It
was definitely tougher because I’m still a mom and I’m still a wife
and I’m still, you know, I want to be able to spend time and I like to
be good at things."
Becoming a mother is something she cherishes and she also said she would like to have more than one child:
“I definitely want to have more kids, it’s just like, balance is key, you know, and just trying to find that balance. I
don’t know, it’s always like, OK, are we ready? And I know the clock is
ticking so I’m just like OK, I need to figure out when that’s going to
be, but hopefully soon when I will feel no pressure.”