Martina Navratilova Quotes

Tennis has given me soul.

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles, as sensuous as San Francisco, as brainy as Boston, as proper as Philadelphia, as brawny as Chicago, as warm as Palm Springs, as friendly as my adopted home town of Dallas, Fort Worth, and as peaceful as the inland waterway that rubs up against my former home in Virginia Beach.

If it feels right in your gut, this is who you are, this is what you do, this is what you feel, then don't hide that. You just stick to it and the world will catch up.

I would have drunk a lot of Pinot Grigio if I'd lost after leading 5-2 in the third.

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

The only people that really have a chance against Serena [Williams] are people that are strong, that can handle her power that move well, and that's a difficult combination.

No matter where I go, I always make friends at the bridge table

Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.

I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.

I am not looking for perfection. I look for the best in me.

Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it.

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.

In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.

Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.

Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.