Martina Navratilova Quotes

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.

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.

I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.

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

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

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible. Once you start believing in yourself, your dreams take shape. The more you believe, the more you achieve.

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

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.

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

Life is about challenges and how we face up to them and the attitude we take into every day life so hopefully we'll be able to motivate people to do more with their life.

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.

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.

People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.

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

Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

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

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

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

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.

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

Tennis has given me soul.

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

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.

I'm not involved in tennis but committed.

The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.

I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.

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

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

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson.

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

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

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.

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.

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue. Of we are ashamed of ourselves, how the hell can we expect the rest of the world not to be ashamed of us?

Some players when they become No. 1 they put too much pressure on themselves.

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.

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.

The longer I stay in the States, the more I understand how important it is to smile and seem like a nice guy. Like Ronald Reagan. Your image seems to count more than what you do.