Monica Seles Quotes

Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

I don't believe in playing hurt, in taking injections to cover the pain.

I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball

You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.

That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun.

I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day

It's a drag having to wear socks during matches, because the tan, like, stops at the ankles. I can never get my skin, like, color coordinated.

I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay

As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give me more or less motivation.

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?

I'm about the present.

I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.

I'm 5 feet 10 inches, and whatever my whatever my weight is, that's fine. As long as I am able to move and I feel good, it doesn't matter.

Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that

I don't like salads: I like the strong food.

What I put in the stock market, I dont have to touch in my lifetime. I want to live off my bonds. I want to be that safe.

I lost my dad way too early and it was agonisingly awful. I missed him so much and I hated knowing that I could never again pick up the phone to tell him about my day.

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.