Martina Navratilova Quotes - Page 2

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.

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.

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

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

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?

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

I'm not involved in tennis but committed.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Tennis has given me soul.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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.