[小威] Glamour Magazine Women of the Year

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http://www.glamour.com/women-of-the-year/2009/serena-williams Serena Williams: The Athlete She is a Woman of the Year because: “When most people would falter, she is able to raise her game a level, and that’s what you look for in champions. I feel confident she will win more major singles titles than my 12. And that makes me very proud.” —Billie Jean King, tennis champ and 2006 Woman of the Year "當大部分人動搖時他卻可以把自己的表現提升到另個層次這就是你會在冠軍身上找到的特質我對她超過我十二座大滿貫感到很有信心甚至他的表現還會令我感到驕傲" - Billie Jean King November 3, 2009 by Shaun Dreisbach Serena Williams feels the pull of competition the way the rest of us feel gravity. It’s why she entered her first tennis tournament at age eight (against her dad’s wishes). It’s why she’s earned 11 Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals and more prize money than any female athlete in the history of sports. “I use the trophies as punch bowls,” she says, laughing. But along the way, she’s had to overcome setbacks and personal tragedies, including the 2003 murder of her beloved sister Yetunde and injuries that relegated her to 140th place during the 2006 season. After tooth-and-nailing her way up the rankings again, this year she capped her comeback by winning Wimbledon against her sister Venus. (“I love you, Venus,” she later tweeted. “You made me work hard today.”) Of course, Serena’s competitiveness also fueled her outburst at this year’s U.S. Open, for which she soon made amends. “I want to sincerely apologize…. I handled myself inappropriately,” she said, then calmly won the doubles title with Venus. Other recent victories: She came out with an apparel line on HSN and an autobiography, On the Line. Even more important, in 2008 her Serena Williams Foundation opened a secondary school in rural Kenya, with plans for more. “ My goal is not to be the best athlete in the world,” she says. “My goal is to help others…. When I cut the ribbon at that school, I felt so genuinely happy. I’ve never felt that way winning Wimbledon or any other tournament. 當我們對競爭感到嚴肅時 Serena Williams卻能感受到競爭的魅力這就是為什麼他八歲的時候違背他爸爸的希望參加第一個網球賽事這也是為什麼她能拿到十一座大滿貫.兩面奧運金牌.比所有女子運動員更多的獎金 "我把獎杯當碗來用"他笑著說這一路上他克服了挫折還有私人生活的悲劇包括2003他的姐姐被謀殺.2006年他因傷排名掉到140名但他再次站了起來排名也爬升了今年他在溫布頓打敗了他姐姐他稍後在Twitter上打"我愛你 Venus 是你讓我今天更努力" 當然他的競爭性格也讓她今年美網大爆發他隨後發表聲明 "我想誠心的道歉我對控制自己做的很不好" 接下來她冷靜的與姐姐拿下了雙打冠軍其他近期的勝利包括他在HSN推出了個人的服裝.首飾產品線還出版了自傳"On the Line" 更重要的是他創立的基金會在肯亞開了一間中學並且計劃開更多學校 "我的目標並不是成為全世界最棒的運動員我的目標是幫助別人當我在我開的學校剪綵帶時我真的感到很快樂這種快樂是我在贏溫布頓或其他比賽從未感受過的" -- -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.120.231.132