“You also have to be determined through ups and downs, be determined to keep going.”
“That’s one thing that I’m excited to do, is to talk to these mentors about that determination that I’ve shown so much in my past career and just bring it out to this new career,” Williams said.
Fortune reached out to Williams for comment.
“You win a few, you lose a few. You get knocked down, and you get right back up.”
“I think the main value that they instilled in me is just humility, and I think that goes way better than any championship or anything, because it keeps you grounded as an individual,” Williams told CNBC. “It keeps you respectful, and it keeps you just like everybody else, because at the end of the day, we’re all the same.”