As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything. Monica Seles More Quotes by Monica Seles More Quotes From Monica Seles Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it. Monica Seles inspirational-sportstennissports Life is not worth living if I cannot have pasta or bread again. Monica Seles pastafunny-lifebread I have to live for the day, and not worry about or try to know what tomorrow brings.... if I've learned one thing from all that'shappened to me, it's that if you would know what tomorrow brings, you may not want to live it. Monica Seles worrymaytrying That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun. Monica Seles successfunsports I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis again, I have to play it for the right reason. I don't want to play to get my No. 1 ranking back. I don't want to play for the attention, or to earn more. I don't even want to play because the world wants to see me do it, even though it's nice to know that the world is interested. I only want to play because I love the game, which is the reason I began to play at age seven in the first place. Monica Seles nicegameshappy-life I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business. Monica Seles tennistoughrealizing 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. Monica Seles motivationalsportsgiving Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be. Monica Seles tennissportsway I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn on the ball Monica Seles tennisballsused 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. Monica Seles tennisusedway I don't believe in playing hurt, in taking injections to cover the pain. Monica Seles painhurtbelieve You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there Monica Seles darksportsyears I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay Monica Seles tennisdarksports 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. Monica Seles colorskinscomplaining I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble. Monica Seles emotionalwaythinking I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes. Monica Seles motivational-tennisstrokestennis I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust. Monica Seles adviserlucky 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. Monica Seles feetlongmoving You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top. Monica Seles tenniswantplay Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that Monica Seles sports
