Monica Seles Quotes (17 Quotes)


    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?

    Women athletes have the ability to serve as role models for women and girls throughout the world. I am excited to attend the World Economic Forum to explore ways in which the global community can continue to support athletes ability to help create positive social change.

    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.

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

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


    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.

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

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

    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.

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

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

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

    It's fantastically exciting. She's so young still and she was so good. I'm a big fan of hers. She was a great No. 1 player. She was a chess player out there.

    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.

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

    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.

    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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