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

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

Monica Seles

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm about the present.

I'm about the present.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days.

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days.

I appreciate very much being injury-free.

I appreciate very much being injury-free.

It shifted attention away from that and Ive never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

It shifted attention away from that and Ive never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.

It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.

I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.