Serena Williams: 23 Grand Slam titles, multiple doubles wins, a style icon, business mogul, and—shockingly—a woman with regrets. But don’t expect her to say it’s “that match against Vinci” or the time she wore denim shorts on court. Nope. Serena dropped a truth bomb in a recent interview that no one saw coming.
Her biggest regret? **Not speaking up even *more*.** Yes, *more*.
“I wish I’d been even louder, earlier,” she said with that signature Serena smirk. “I waited too long to own my power.”
And there it is. The GOAT wishing she’d been an even *bigger* force of nature. Somewhere, a thousand umpires just flinched.
Fans weren’t ready. Twitter did its thing. “Imagine Serena *louder*?” one user posted. “The world wasn’t READY for Super Saiyan Serena.”
She’s not talking about racquet-smashing or line-call rants—though we’ve seen a few of those too. She’s talking about demanding equal treatment, spotlighting bias, calling out the nonsense when it came to how women (especially *Black* women) were treated in tennis.
She played by the rules—and then she rewrote them.
So what does this regret mean now? Probably that Serena 2.0, post-tennis, is going to be even bolder. Whether it’s in business, fashion, activism, or just tweeting spicy truths over breakfast, she’s not done shaking the world.
Her one regret? Not being *more* Serena. Our regret? Thinking we’d seen her final serve.
