Serena Williams: 'I let my racket do the talking' 00:51
New York (CNN)Serena
Williams is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all
time. Just last week she was named the highest paid female athlete in
the world, but even she has insecurities.
Serena
premiered her new documentary, "Serena" in New York City Monday night
and revealed that she has struggled with her curves and accepting that
she doesn't have the "typical" tennis figure.
"You
know when I was younger I wasn't really comfortable with my body, I
just wasn't. If you look at most athletes they have a totally different
figure than me," she said during a Q&A with Gayle King after the
Cinema Society screening. "But if you look at the physique of track
players or tennis players, they just have a different physique and I
just didn't fit that."
But
Serena says she eventually embraced the body that carried her to win 21
Grand Slams. "It took me awhile to find the strength and the courage to
embrace [my body] and then to come to feel like, 'I love my physique.'"
Serena said. "It doesn't matter what people say about you or how people
feel, you have to love yourself. When you love yourself, it will
manifest in everything that you do."
The
documentary follows Serena's emotional journey to the highly
anticipated 2015 U.S. Open in 2015, which she devastatingly lost to
Roberta Vinci. Immediately after, Serena went into a self-imposed hiding
but explains why it was important to show fans such personal moments.
"I
really wanted to share this experience with everyone, with the public,
just of what it takes to be an athlete, the top player and the pressures
that I feel," Serena told CNN. "And then you know, show a different
side of me as well. A little bit off the court and how I approach life. I
also wanted to motivate people ... my main goal was to be an
inspiration and motivation."
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