Earlier this week tennis great Serena Williams blasted retired tennis player John McEnroe after he said she would be ranked 700th if she played with men [click here if you missed that].
John clarifies his statement but is not backing down...
In a sit down Stephen Colbert on the Late Show John explains,
"We were talking to someone on NPR radio and she said something to the effect, she was asking about Serena, and I said, 'Serena Williams is the greatest female tennis player that ever lived and I think she's absolutely tremendous. She followed up with, 'Why do you have to say female tennis player? Isn't she the greatest tennis player that ever lived?' And I just said, 'Well wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on a second here. If we're going to talk about that, you get into a little different category.'"
"Do they say that about girl basketball players, that they're as good as Michael Jordan, for example?"
"People always ask me, 'Can you beat Serena Williams?. My girls don't think I could beat her now. I thought I could beat her. She's pregnant, so maybe I should play her now. I'd have a better chance.
"But either way, I wish her the absolute best. She's the best thing that's happened to American tennis in the last 10 to 15 years."
