Martina Navratilova Quotes

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is. This has been normal for me.

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

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

Keeping a journal of what's going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what's important and what's not.

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

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

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.

Tennis has given me soul.

You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman.

What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.

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

All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.

I have always had this outrage at being told what to, how to act, whom to love.

I'm not involved in tennis but committed.

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.

Losing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.

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.

I haven't bought any leather articles for a very long time. My ideal is to be able to avoid all animal products, in food as well as clothing.

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

Lady' is an opinion; 'woman' is a fact.

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

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

What matters isn't how well you play when you're playing well. What matters is how well you play when you're playing badly.

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.

The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

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

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

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.