Serena Williamsis revealing what made her relationship with now-husbandAlexis Ohanianjust click.Onthe cover ofAllurethis month, the tennis superstar talked about her marriage to Ohanian, who shewed in November 2017after dating since 2015.Williams, 37, told the magazine she was focused on her career instead of finding love when she met Ohanian, 35.“It just hadn’t happened, and I really didn’t think about it much,” she said. “I was so committed to my job, and to being the best and working the hardest, and I think I still am.”Continued Williams, “Not to knock anyone else I was with before, because they were all mostly amazing, but I know now I can be selfish, have a great career, and a great partner, someone that believes in me.”Tanya and Zhenya Posternak for AllureWilliams also revealed thatOprah Winfreygave her relationship advice that helped inform her romance with Ohanian.“Oprah said, ‘Never let anyone dim your light.’ That really stuck with me. Alexis doesn’t dim my light,” Williams toldAllure. “He doesn’t try to dim my light. He puts meinthe light, even if I don’t want to be. He pushes me to further points I never thought about.”“It always was something that I could see in some relationships — my light would be dimmer. Now I feel like I can shine really bright and still do everything that I want to do.”Serena WilliamsinAllure.Tanya and Zhenya Posternak for AllureThe couple has one daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., 15 months.In the interview, Williams also opened up about parenting and teaching her daughter how to be strong.“I want her [Alexis] to know that being strong is never easy. Not in this world we are living in,” she toldAllure.“Standing up forSerena Williams on the cover ofAllure.Tanya and Zhenya Posternak for Allureyourself is not going to be easy, but it’s always eventually respected.”“Those are the people who’ve made a difference in this world, people that stand up for what’s right. If you look at history, those are the people that you really remember. And at the time, oh, my God, it seemed impossible.”Allure‘s Body + Mind issue is on national newsstands January 22.
Serena Williamsis revealing what made her relationship with now-husbandAlexis Ohanianjust click.
Onthe cover ofAllurethis month, the tennis superstar talked about her marriage to Ohanian, who shewed in November 2017after dating since 2015.
Williams, 37, told the magazine she was focused on her career instead of finding love when she met Ohanian, 35.
“It just hadn’t happened, and I really didn’t think about it much,” she said. “I was so committed to my job, and to being the best and working the hardest, and I think I still am.”
Continued Williams, “Not to knock anyone else I was with before, because they were all mostly amazing, but I know now I can be selfish, have a great career, and a great partner, someone that believes in me.”
Tanya and Zhenya Posternak for Allure
Williams also revealed thatOprah Winfreygave her relationship advice that helped inform her romance with Ohanian.
“Oprah said, ‘Never let anyone dim your light.’ That really stuck with me. Alexis doesn’t dim my light,” Williams toldAllure. “He doesn’t try to dim my light. He puts meinthe light, even if I don’t want to be. He pushes me to further points I never thought about.”
“It always was something that I could see in some relationships — my light would be dimmer. Now I feel like I can shine really bright and still do everything that I want to do.”
Serena WilliamsinAllure.Tanya and Zhenya Posternak for Allure
The couple has one daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., 15 months.
In the interview, Williams also opened up about parenting and teaching her daughter how to be strong.
“I want her [Alexis] to know that being strong is never easy. Not in this world we are living in,” she toldAllure.“Standing up for
Serena Williams on the cover ofAllure.Tanya and Zhenya Posternak for Allure
yourself is not going to be easy, but it’s always eventually respected.”
“Those are the people who’ve made a difference in this world, people that stand up for what’s right. If you look at history, those are the people that you really remember. And at the time, oh, my God, it seemed impossible.”
Allure‘s Body + Mind issue is on national newsstands January 22.
source: people.com
