#play

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

— Monica Seles

#dark #dark side #i #keeps #personality

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 #give me #how #i

There was no language barrier when it came to kids, and when it came to play. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

#came #kids #language #play

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#conjunction #explain #hear #i #i am

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#excellence #length #life #like #matters

I couldn't be playing him for this long if I didn't like him. ↗

— Michael Shanks

#i #like #long #playing

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#blue #first #mandela #me #once

By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#appreciate #around #critically #democracy #essential

I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#being myself #follow #i #just #like

As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I'm going to play. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#going #i #individual #match #matter