Serena Williams has revealed that her go-to person for seeking out life advice from is none other than Prince Harry.
The tennis legend, 40, teamed up with her friend, the Duke of Sussex, to discuss mental wellbeing at a panel for the mental health and coaching company BetterUp this week.
Meghan Markle's husband - who is a Chief Impact Officer for the company - spoke with Williams and BetterUp's CEO Alexi Robichaux about the importance of coaching and therapy.
Take a listen to Serena's conversation with Prince Harry:
"It's hard. I’m a terrible loser," Williams said. "When it comes to losing, I even hate that word. Because for me, if I have a loss I actually learn so much from it."
She explained that "some of my best growth has come from a loss."
"Even when I’m investing in a company, I actually want to know about your losses," the 23-time Grand Slam winner said.
"If you started a company before, how did you do? Where did you kind of fail at? Because if everything was so good and so clean and so easy, then that doesn’t even build character, you know?"
Harry chimed in and spoke to the idea that people can continue to grow and learn from setbacks, adding: "If you’re in your 20s, your 30s, your 40s and even your 50s, and you think you’ve got it sorted, then bad stuff’s gonna happen."
"There's a lesson here. There's a lesson I'm being schooled by the universe. There's something in this for me to learn," the royal said.
"So that next time it happens, I become more resilient or better at being able to see a way around it, to be able to achieve the ultimate goal. And if you have that perspective, then every single bad thing that happens ― again, what you perceive to be bad ― actually can be good."
"We don’t mean to take over ― we always have these crazy discussions," Williams quipped, as she and Harry continued to talk to each other, something Robichaux didn't appear to mind a bit.
Toward the end of the talk, Williams said the duke had helped her find a mental coach she still works with. She then said Harry is "always solving" her "life's problems."
"I know I joke a lot, but Harry is actually one of my coaches. Whenever I see him, he's always solving all my life's problems," she added.
Harry's role as chief impact officer, which was announced in March last year, involves keeping BetterUp accountable and helping to expand its global reach.
The pair have known each other for several years, due to the tennis player's close friendship with the Duchess of Sussex. They became friends back in 2014, while Markle starred on the TV drama series Suits.