Monica Seles Quotes

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

Life, Living, Cannot

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

Success, Fun, Key

As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.
Monica Seles

Everything, Control, Keep

Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament.
Monica Seles

Best, Christmas, Next

Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'
Monica Seles

Become, Point, Story

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

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

Trust, Lucky, Whom

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

Business, After, Tough

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

Food, Strong, Salads

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

Dark, Playing, Side

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.
Monica Seles

I love new restaurants; I love trying out new foods.
Monica Seles

Love, Trying, Foods

I love to eat.
Monica Seles

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.
Monica Seles

Christmas, Mean, Before

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

Food, Emotional, Trouble

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

Used, Pretend, Ball

I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my stabbing, and my comeback.
Monica Seles

Through, Fans, Comeback

I'm about the present.
Monica Seles

I've always been a very private person.
Monica Seles

Person, Private

If I find the person that I love, it is because I love them, not because I will be dependent on them.
Monica Seles

Love, Person, Find

If you look at tennis, the girls have become much more attractive; they wear makeup. In my generation, you were a tennis player. It wasn't like you had to look a certain way.
Monica Seles

Become, Generation, Player

It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation.
Monica Seles

Control, Give, Old

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

Life, Women, Control

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?
Monica Seles

Work, Age, Hard

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

Women, Strong, Powerful

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Biography

Nationality: Yugoslavian

Born: December 2, 1973

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