{"id":1574,"date":"2017-03-26T16:54:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T23:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/?page_id=1574"},"modified":"2018-09-02T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T00:35:00","slug":"serena-williams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/mindset\/serena-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the 2010 Australian Open women&#8217;s final, after losing the second set to her arch-rival Justine Henin and facing a third set onslaught&nbsp;of power and finesse, Serena Williams turned away from the court and starting talking to herself &#8211; the on-court mics picked up what she said:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1593 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena_worship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena_worship.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena_worship-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena_worship-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Serena then turned around, got her head back in the game, and won the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Five years later, she did it again, with an ace on match point against Maria Sharapova, after her first ace had been ruled a let:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDzBItSkg7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end, I switched things rather than doing the same old thing. &nbsp;That helped me a lot. If Plan A isn&#8217;t working, I have Plan B, Plan C and even Plan D.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Serena Willams<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TZO08C5vL2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/30\/magazine\/the-meaning-of-serena-williams.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;module=mini-moth&amp;region=top-stories-below&amp;WT.nav=top-stories-below&amp;_r=0&amp;mtrref=undefined&amp;gwh=BD82A25C882E39DA9CA3DD341769D4E5&amp;gwt=pay&amp;assetType=nyt_now\">New York Times &#8211; &#8220;The Meaning of Serena Williams&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2015\/jul\/12\/serena-williams-transcends-sport-outsider?CMP=share_btn_fb\">The Guardian &#8211; &#8220;Serena Williams transcends sport: we&#8217;re lucky to be living in her time&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com\/pro-game\/2016\/03\/taking-another-stand\/57933\/#.Vu9-r-kqaS0\">tennis.com &#8211; &#8220;Taking Another Stand&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/08\/31\/sports\/us-open-serena-venus-williams.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftennis&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=tennis&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=1&amp;pgtype=sectionfront\">The New York Times &#8211; &#8220;In Test of Time, Serena Williams Proves Hers Isn&#8217;t Running Out&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/sporting-scene\/how-serena-williams-used-the-most-beautiful-service-toss-in-tennis-to-beat-her-sister-venus-at-the-us-open\"><b>The New Yorker &#8211; &#8220;How Serena Williams used the most beautiful serve toss in tennis to beat her sister Venus at the US Open&#8221;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1594 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-after-uso-quarters-2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-after-uso-quarters-2015.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-after-uso-quarters-2015-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-after-uso-quarters-2015-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-after-uso-quarters-2015-427x300.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1596\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1596\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1596\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-jumping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-jumping.jpg 605w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-jumping-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-jumping-600x476.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/serena-jumping-378x300.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serena Williams of the United States reacts after winning against Zheng Jie of China during a third round women&#8217;s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Saturday, June 30, 2012. (AP Photo\/Anja Niedringhaus)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1595 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/Serena-Wimbledon-2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/Serena-Wimbledon-2015.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/Serena-Wimbledon-2015-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/Serena-Wimbledon-2015-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2017\/03\/Serena-Wimbledon-2015-427x300.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 2010 Australian Open women&#8217;s final, after losing the second set to her arch-rival Justine Henin and facing a third set onslaught&nbsp;of power and finesse, Serena Williams turned away from the court and starting talking to herself &#8211; the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/mindset\/serena-williams\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6195,"featured_media":0,"parent":125,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1574\/revisions\/6161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}