Serena Williams opened up about how she deals with mental stress as she revealed that she tends to become anxious.
Williams is a super intense player and her personality off the court tends to match that energy. She's always been fully committed to whatever she's doing whether it be sport or some other endeavour and that sort of approach makes her become anxious from time to time.
Due to that she needed to find a way to combat it:
"Mental fitness, for me is just really learning to shut down. You know, I did this years ago, even before mental health was like a topic among everyone's mind. It was like, all right, I'm shutting myself down today, just subconsciously and it is something I've always done."
"Now that I know that it's so important to just put yourself first, especially mentally. I always have shut down moments. I have serious boundaries and I don't let anyone cross them."
"So I do have a tend to become anxious. But I really learned over the past that for me prayer works a lot, just really realizing the bigger picture and it really is helped in my anxiety." added Williams.