Serena Williams is looking back as she moves forward.
Just a few days before the start of Wimbledon, the record-shattering tennis star took to Instagram to share an inspirational flashback photo from her childhood.
“4 days until #Wimbledon,” Williams wrote in the caption. “Would you believe me if I told you the girl on the left always dreamed of becoming the woman on the right? Keep fighting.”
Williams posted the throwback — showing her as a little girl playing tennis — side-by-side with a photo of herself playing at a past Wimbledon tournament and looking every bit as fierce and powerful as a young athlete could ever hope to be.
It’s been a rocky road for Williams’ as she’s returned to the sport she loves after giving birth to her first child, baby girl Alexis Olympia, last September.