Martina Navratilova Quotes - Page 2

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• I'm not a one-sex person, and yet I hate the term bisexual. It sounds creepy to me, and I don't think I'm creepy. There are times when I feel downright romantic.

  Martina Navratilova

  Sex, Hate, Thinking

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• 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  Stay Strong, Quiet, Lied

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Outrage

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• The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What's the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?

  Martina Navratilova

  Sports, Confused, Athlete

  Martina Navratilova, George Vecsey (1986). “Being myself”

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• I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

  Martina Navratilova

  Focus, Trying, Motivational Tennis

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Issues, People

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• I'm not involved in tennis but committed.

  Martina Navratilova

  Tennis, Committed, Involved

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• On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style.

  Martina Navratilova

  Sports, Country, Style

  MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1985). “MARTINA”

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Bridges, Tables, Matter

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• 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  Sports, Running, Tennis

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Player, I Can

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• 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  Athlete, Mean, Play

  MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1985). “MARTINA”

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Drunk, Drink, Lost

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Girl, Being Yourself, People

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• 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  Country, Beach, New York

  MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1985). “MARTINA”

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• The mentality, that's something you should be able to control. Whether you are healthy or not, how fast you can run - they aren't things you can work on, but the mentality should be.

  Martina Navratilova

  Running, Healthy, Able

  Source: edition.cnn.com

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• Tennis has given me soul.

  Martina Navratilova

  Tennis, Soul, Given

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• 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  United States, Publicity, Journalism

  Quoted in Lee Green, Sportswit (1984)

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Girl, Sports, Thinking

  MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1985). “MARTINA”

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Sometimes, Used, Inconvenience

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• 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  Important, Way, Helping

  Martina Navratilova (2007). “Shape Your Self: My 6-Step Diet and Fitness Plan to Achieve the Best Shape of Your Life”, p.21, Rodale

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• My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this silver and pink lame dress. My hair was all curled, and it was the first time I wore a garter belt. I felt so out of place!

  Martina Navratilova

  Mother, Memories, Hair

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

  Martina Navratilova

  Children, Animal, Rights

  "Martina Navratilova On Staying Fit, Coming Out, Battling Cancer And Transcending Sports". Interview With Laura Rowley, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 10, 2012.

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• 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  Normal, Looking Forward, Knows

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• People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected. Being feminine meant being a cheerleader, not being an athlete. The image of women is changing now. 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.

  Martina Navratilova

  Girl, Sports, Athlete

  MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1985). “MARTINA”

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