Raising 5 kids can be really very tough and when 2 of them want to become the superstars of tennis then it becomes even more complicated.
Who is Serena Williams’ mother?
Mother of the tennis legends Serena Williams and Venus Williams, Oracene Price says that though early years of the tennis careers of Serena and Venus was chaotic, she never gave a second thought to it and always promoted their careers. She said in an interview:
“I didn’t think about it; I just did it, they had goals in mind. I saw them working so hard, and they never ever complained. Never said, ‘I don’t want to go.’ And in my mind, they were gonna be this. It was a lot of naysayers saying that they’re not gonna make it, but I never thought they wouldn’t.”
The mother of 5 always tried her best so that the girls get the best of facilities to become the tennis superstars they are today. She has been a keen observer of the tennis techniques of her girls and helped them improve it as a coach. Price’s job with her girls has not been limited to tennis only, but she has tried her best to keep them in the best frame of mind so that they can handle stress and pressure. Price thinks that the mental aspect is important in a tennis game, she says:
“During a match, I’m watching their techniques, mostly, but before the game, I’m watching them mentally. And I see a lot of people go out there, not mentally there, but it is so important, cause you have to believe that you can do something before you do it.”
Whenever either sister loses a match, Price does not go to lecture them about the good and bad of the match, she likes to leave them alone: She says:
“I just learned it,” she said. “I just never did it. Don’t tell them what you shoulda did and what they shoulda did — that’ll drive them crazy. You just have to leave it alone.”
Price feels proud when she sees that her girls have used the platform for helping people. According to her, helping someone to do better in life or sports is the best thing you can do, she says:
“When you can help somebody else, or you see something that you did to help someone else be better, that’s the best than anything in the world,” she said. “Kids learn from you. Help them understand that they have to love their neighbor. They have to be courteous; they have to be kind. That’s part of strength. It’s easy to go and jump and be belligerent. That’s easy. It’s hard; it’s very difficult to be kind to someone who’s not being kind to you.”
