With 23 Grand Slam titles to her title, Serena Williams definitely is aware of a factor or two about prize cash. Nonetheless, on the newest episode of Sizzling Ones, the retired tennis legend instructed a shaggy dog story to show that the pay-outs definitely weren’t at all times her high precedence.
Whereas consuming their means by means of the lineup of spicy scorching wings, host Sean Evans requested Serena to touch upon rumors that she would “not often” accumulate her prize cash and as soon as “unsuccessfully” tried to deposit a $1 million examine at a drive-thru ATM.
“I by no means performed for cash,” she mentioned after confirming that the tales had been true. “I performed ’trigger I beloved the game… I don’t even know if I needed to play to be the very best; I needed to win.”
Serena recalled that her tax advisor usually needed to remind her to gather her winnings all through excursions, notably after dropping.
“So my tax man, he can be like, ‘You didn’t get your cash?’ and I’d be like, ‘Oh, I didn’t get that one in Zurich,’ ‘Oh, I neglect that one in Moscow,’… I used to be simply enjoying to win,” she mentioned. “And if I didn’t win, I wasn’t pondering.”
Ultimately, she obtained a examine for $1 million of collected winnings. Nonetheless, Serena wasn’t used to dealing with massive sums of cash then, so she had slightly hassle cashing it in.
“I by no means actually spent some huge cash, ? I used to be so severe. I don’t know what occurred to me,” she mentioned. “I went by means of the drive-thru… and the man was like, ‘Uh, I believe it’s essential come inside for this,’ and I used to be like, ‘Oh, OK’… classes to study.”
