Serena Williams' quest to complete the calendar Grand Slam is a key storyline at this month's U.S. Open.
The world No. 1 makes her mark as the cover story of the current New York Magazine.
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In the cover story, The Unretiring Serena Williams, Serena tells author Kerry Howley, she doesn't dwell on past achievement.
"I have lots of trophies, and I’m just — I’m not that person that needs to see all these trophies,” she tells the New York Magazine. “I have some in my house here, some in my house there, some I don’t know what happened to ’em. I have my Grand Slam trophies … somewhere.”
“I don’t think about it,” Serena says. “I don’t dwell in the past. If I do, I’ll be swallowed up by negativity. As Mandela once said, ‘I will be in a mental prison.’ ”
Serena shows her flexibility and strength in the stunning Norman Jean Roy images that accompany the article.
Photo credit: Norman Jean Roy/New York Magazine