Serena Williams Recalls Trying To Deposit A $1 Million Check At Bank Drive-Thru

Serena Williams is looking back on a hilarious faux pas she made while trying to deposit her first $1 million check.

While appearing on Thursdays episode of Hot Ones , the retired tennis legend reminisced about the moment she tried to deposit her massive tennis winnings at a bank drive-thru early in her career. (Hot Ones is produced by First We Feast. First We Feast and HuffPost share a parent company, BuzzFeed Inc.)

Williams explained, I never really spent a lot of money. I was just so serious. I dont know what happened to me. I used to be serious.

She went on to clarify that she was so focused on want[ing] to win that her tax person had to keep reminding her to claim her earnings because she loved the sport so much that she never played for money.

I never played for money. I played because I loved the sport ... I dont even know at the time if I wanted to play to be the best, I just wanted to win, the 23-time Grand Slam champion said.

And so my tax guy, he would be like, You didnt get your money? Id be like, Oh, I didnt get that one in Zurich, Oh, I forgot that one in Moscow, she continued. I was playing to win, and if I didnt win, I was just not thinking. I was just so angry that I wanted to figure out a way to get better and win the next time.

Then, Williams admitted to trying to deposit her first million-dollar check at a drive-thru, saying, I went through the drive-thru ... the guy was like, Uh, I think you need to come inside for this, and I was like, Uh, OK.

The mom of two, who shares daughters Adira and Olympia with husband Alexis Ohanian , laughed off the incident as one of those countless lessons to learn.

Watch Williams full interview below.

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