Anna Kournikova speaks about her childhood, being raised by a tennis coach father who sacrificed a lot for her to excel in the sport. She shares about the pressure of expectations and how her father handled that.
A former tennis player talks about how rejection from her father and others in her life made her focus and turn rejection into opportunity, both in her tennis career and personal life.
Former professional tennis player, Maria Sharapova, reflects on her sudden rise to fame and the pressures that came with it, including feeling the need to isolate herself to maintain her focus.
The guest shares the importance of surrounding oneself with the right people to achieve success and avoid distractions, highlighting the difficulties of finding such individuals.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles talks about how, as a young girl competing in front of thousands of people, she struggled with loneliness on her journeys back from winning competitions, but surrounded herself with good people, friends and family to help overcome it. She also discusses how watching incredible acting or reading something funny indulges the creative side of her personality.