Cashing a check can still be a pain, but ATMs and banking apps have made the process much smoother.

But if you're tennis legend Serena Williams, your wages might be a little more than the ATM can handle.

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The 23-time Grand Slam singles winner appeared on an episode of Hot Ones last week and talked about how her finances took a backseat to her love of the game. Evans asked Williams if a rumored story — that she once tried to cash a million-dollar check at an ATM but was refused at the machine — was true. Williams said it was.

“I never played for money. I played because I loved the sport, I wanted to be the best, I wanted to win,” Williams said. “I got my check and it was $1 million and I said 'Okay, I'm going to deposit it,' I've never spent a lot of money … I just drove by and the guy was like, 'Uh, I think you should come in for it.”

The tennis pro also said that, early in her career, she often forgot to collect her first cheque.

″(He) would say, 'You didn't get your money?' And I say, 'Oh, I didn't get that in Zurich. I forgot about that in Moscow,” Williams said of Evans. “I was playing to win, and if I didn't win, I wasn't thinking. I was so angry that I wanted to find a way to improve and win next time.”

Dedication to the game definitely paid off.

In her 27-year career, Williams, now 42, won 73 career singles titles and 23 career doubles titles and earned an estimated $94.8 million in cash.

By 2022, it was has estimated that Williams had earned hundreds of millions in endorsements during her career with companies including Nike and Kraft Foods.

Williams also recently launched an active beauty brand called Wyn Beauty, which was six years in the making.

for ForbesWilliams' net income it is about 340 million dollars.