Evert breaks her silence over break up with Greg Norman

Florida (US), Nov.6 : Former US tennis champion Chris Evert has revealed that she separated from golfing great Greg Norman because she wanted to be 'at home being a mum'.

Evert stepped into the public spotlight to promote her annual two-day Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic in Florida.

Norman and Evert announced on October 2 they were separating just 15 months into their marriage.

``I've been through good times and bad times and have had ... the press follow me around and that's again, the price you pay and it's fine,'' Evert told WPTV.

``I have great kids and I'm where I want to be right now. I want to be at home being a mum ... not travelling, and I'm where I should be in my life right now,'' The Daily Telegraph quoted 54-year-old Evert, who has been married thrice, as saying.

Evert said during her stellar tennis career, which included 18 Grand Slam singles titles, she was ``self-absorbed'', but that changed after she retired and started a family.

``I think that I realised that my life as a tennis pro was very self-absorbed, and it was all about me and it was all about what do I need to do to be number one in the world and what do I need with my training?'' she told WPTV.

--ANI