Best 61 quotes of Martina Navratilova on MyQuotes

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.

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

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

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

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

I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life; I've been labeled the bisexual defector. Want to know another secret? I'm even ambidextrous. I don't like labels. Just call me Martina.

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

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.

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

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.

I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.

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.

I'm not involved in tennis but committed.

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

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

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

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

I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.

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

Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.

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

Just put one foot in front of the other and don't worry about the length of the path. Once you get on that path, and the longer you stay on it, there eventually will come a time when you will not turn back.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.

Tennis has given me soul.

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

The goal for the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation is to give kids an opportunity to be involved in sports and hopefully learn some lessons along the way. We want to put them in a safe environment, help them if they need it and maybe they will get a scholarship to a school because of the skills that they learn. Sport is just a starting point.

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.

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

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.

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

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