John McEnroe Says Donald Trump Offered Him Money to Play Serena, Venus Williams

Tennis legend John McEnroe told Dan Patrick on Tuesday that President Donald Trump once proposed a match between himself and either Serena or Venus Williams.

McEnroe's comments come at the 20-second mark of the video below:

"Over the course of time, people including our now-president—he wasn't president at the time—have offered me sums of money to play Serena or Venus," McEnroe said (h/t For The Win's Charles Curtis). "I don't know why I'm always the guy they want to play … But at any rate, I believe I have some ability left and I had pride when I played. Why don't they ask her to play Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal on clay, see how that goes?"

McEnroe's comments come after he told NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that Serena would be "like 700 in the world" if she were to play on the ATP World Tour. Williams responded on Twitter:

McEnroe didn't provide a time frame for when he received offers to play the Williams sisters.

Venus and Serena's respective resumes speak for themselves, and the two stars don't need to validate their legacies by playing a marquee male star. Venus is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, while Serena's 23 Grand Slam titles are second all time behind Margaret Court.