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

Martina Navratilova

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Martina Navratilova
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 18
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Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.
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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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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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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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