Serena Williams once attempted to deposit her first $1 million check at an ATM. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, now 42, recounted the experience on the latest episode of “Hot Ones.” “I got my check, and it was a million dollars.

I thought, ‘Okay, I’m gonna go deposit it,'” she said. “I went through the drive-thru… and the guy was like, ‘Uh, I think you need to come inside for this,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, okay.'”

Williams emphasized that she never played for money. “I played because I loved the sport,” she said when host Sean Evans asked if the story was true. “I don’t even know if I wanted to play to be the best, I wanted to win.”

She also mentioned her focus on winning, often forgetting about her prize money. “My tax guy would ask, ‘You didn’t get your money?’ and I’d be like, ‘Oh, I didn’t get that one in Zurich,’ or ‘Oh, I forgot that one in Moscow.’

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— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) July 5, 2024

I was just playing to win, and if I didn’t win, I wasn’t thinking about the money. I was so angry that I wanted to find a way to get better and win the next time,” she added.

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