Grazer: Serena Williams lacked traditional childhood socialization due to lifelong tennis focus
Brian Grazer · a16z Podcast | The Future of Entertainment and What David Petraeus and the Olsen Twins Can Teach Us · Jan 2, 2019 · at 17:50
Film producer Brian Grazer recounts meeting tennis champion Serena Williams during one of his curiosity conversations.
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“She's just been doing tennis her whole life, as you guessed, and so she's never really had real childhood or socialization, and she's very shy and sweet and soft voice”
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