I believe in less time crying and more time working

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 5, 2023

43-year-old Venus Williams has been a relentless supply of inspiration to followers this summer season, as she has returned to the grass court docket and competed like a home on hearth, all within the title of ardour for the game.

By no means thoughts that Williams wasn’t capable of get previous Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Day 2 at Wimbledon. She hyper-extended her knee and ended up struggling bodily as she bowed out 6-4, 6-3, however the classes maintain coming from the seven-time Slam champion.

She took to social media to let the world know that she is taken the loss as a lesson. Quite than lament her tough luck, Williams says she is already planning her subsequent transfer on the tennis court docket.

“I felt like every part slipped away from me so shortly and I used to be disenchanted that I wasn’t stronger to drag out the match regardless of the circumstances,” Williams wrote in an Instagram publish. “I’m pleased I can look again at this second and see I smiled. I felt like crying. However as an fyi I didn’t cry. I don’t have time for crying after I’m attempting to get to the following stage. I sat within the locker room proper after considering…to determine what I might be taught from this and plotting how I used to be going to be higher.”

From Venus Williams’ Insta – “I consider in much less time crying and extra time working”

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“I consider in much less time crying and extra time working,” she stated. “I additionally consider in being an excellent sport. You win and lose in life. You may’t cry when you find yourself dropping. It’s a must to get to studying. It’s a foul sport if you happen to can’t not less than attempt to be an excellent sports activities individual within the second of defeat and permit your opponent to get pleasure from their second of victory…till your second comes.”

Maybe that second will come later this summer season on the American onerous courts? We’re all prepared for this legend of the game to proceed inspiring us along with her phrases and deeds.