Serena's best quotes from her TED Talk

World No. 1 Serena Williams will rest from dominating opponents on the WTA tour while she awaits the birth of her first child in the fall. Meanwhile, she has been forthcoming in a recent TED Talk with Gayle King about topics ranging from her personal life to her desire to return to the tour.

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The most amusing revelation involved the now-famous Snapchat photo that informed the world about her pregnancy.

She told King that she accidentally sent the photo out to the public.

“I was on vacation, taking time for myself, and I have this thing where I’ve been checking my status and taking a picture every week,” she said. “I’ve been just saving it, but you know how social media is — you press the wrong button and…”

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Perhaps the most amazing part of Williams' pregnancy is that she was about two months along when she won the Australian Open. She knew this would be her last chance for a long time to pass Steffi Graf's record of 22 Slams. Mission accomplished.

“I was nervous. I wasn’t sure what to do. Can I play? I know it’s very dangerous in the first 12 weeks or so, so I had a lot of questions," the 35-year-old said.  “I knew that at that moment, it was important for me to just focus. I had to take all that energy and put it in a paper bag and throw it away. I really felt like I didn’t have time to deal with any extra emotions—any extra anything."

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The American also explained why she spoke out against remarks from former No. 1 Ilie Nastase. The Romanian upset the mood at Fed Cup competition with his inflammatory language towards Johanna Konta, and he also made unprovoked remarks about Williams' unborn child.

“It's really important to hold women up. These young women will come to the locker room and they'll want to take pictures with me, and for me, it's like, 'I want to be a good leader and a good example for them,'" she said. "I felt it was important for us to stand up for each other and to stand up for myself ... it was really important for me to say 'I'm not afraid, I'm not going anywhere, but this is inappropriate.”

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For any fans who wonder if Williams will have the drive and energy to return to tennis sometime in 2018, there’s nothing else in her life to replace the high of winning.

“Winning for me is super addictive. I feel like, once you experience it, you always want to get that feeling again. When I won my first championship, I was only 17 years old but I never forgot that feeling," she said. "Every time, I want to reach that feeling of that first championship.”

And if she comes back and starts to lose?

“I hate to lose, but losing has brought me to here today. The only reason I am who I am is because of my losses. Some of them are extremely painful, but I wouldn’t take any of them away," she said. “Every time I lose, it takes a long time for me to lose again, because I learn so much from it.

"I encourage everyone that I talk to—I mean, listen—if you lose or if something happens, not in sports, but in business or school, learn from it. Don’t live in the past, live in the present."