Since I retired, I very much enjoy watching Serena Williams play. While I was playing, she was one of the toughest players I ever faced. Her ground strokes are so solid, her serve is one of the most powerful in women's tennis, and mentally she is just so strong.

Monica Seles

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Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it... by Monica Seles

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is... by Monica Seles

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

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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.

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

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

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I used to pretend that I was Tom attacking Jerry, who was drawn o... by Monica Seles

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

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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.

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I don't believe in playing hurt, in taking injections to cover th... by Monica Seles

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

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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

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I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing t... by Monica Seles

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

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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.

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I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trou... by Monica Seles

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

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

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

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I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust. by Monica Seles

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

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.

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

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

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Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have... by Monica Seles

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