She won Grand Slams with torn ligaments. She trained for a comeback while pregnant. She conquered the French Open with a 104°F fever—without even warming up. Now, her former coach finally reveals the terrifying truth behind Serena Williams’ unstoppable mindset… and the moment she made the impossible look easy.💥🔥 Ready?

Serena Williams Wins Australian Open With Coughs, Guts and Aces” was a famous headline ran by New York Times, nearly a decade ago, when the former World No.1 battled an elongated illness and dominated the Melbourne Major.

Defying all odds, aged 33, the American legend fought through physical limitations and lifted her 19th slam. She beat Maria Sharapova in the final, with a score line of 6-3, 7-6 (5). While there have been other No.1s in the racket sport, such determination is what makes Williams truly incomparable. And that’s exactly what her former coach Patrick Mouratoglou also believes.

In an interaction with actor Rainn Wilson, dated April 10, on his Soul Boom podcast, Mouratoglou spilled the beans on William’s mindset and what distinguished her from other top WTA stars.

According to him, it was her unshakeable mentality that made her stand in a league of her own. “She thinks she can do anything. And she’s right. And I can tell you, if she tells you this chair is white and you see it red, you think, ‘But no, it’s red.’ And she’s going to make this chair be white. I can tell you because she sees it white, and she’s done that.”

To make it clear, he went down memory lane to present examples of his time with Serena after joining her team in 2012. Citing the first instance, he said, “She told me, ‘Oh, I don’t understand how I lost this Australian Open.’ I don’t know which year. I said, ‘But you broke ligaments of the leg.’” To this, Williams told him, “‘And? I should have won on one leg.’” Mouratoglou emphasized that, “She believed it.

When she had a baby…when she was pregnant and she knew she would have the baby in September, she calls me and she says, ‘Please find a hitting partner for September.’ I said, ‘But September you’re giving birth.’” But her response was, “‘And?’”