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There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.
Martina Navratilova
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Martina Navratilova
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: October 18
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People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.
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The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved the pig is committed.
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Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.
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Some players when they become No. 1 they put too much pressure on themselves.
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Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.
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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.
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I have always had this outrage at being told what to, how to act, whom to love.
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I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.
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I would have drunk a lot of Pinot Grigio if I'd lost after leading 5-2 in the third.
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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.
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