I'd much rather people knew me as a good tennis player than as an aboriginal who happens to play good tennis. Of… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
I hope that I am helping to create an understanding and an awareness of what happened to the Aboriginal people. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
When I started I was pretty well the only Aboriginal player who was playing tournaments. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
I don't know whether I'm half, quarter or what. I just know I'm aboriginal. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
There are about 100 Aboriginal communities in Australia, and I'm trying to visit as many as possible to learn as much as… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred to as… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
I'd much rather people knew me as a good tennis player than as an aboriginal who happens to play good tennis. Of course I'm… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
I just have these lapses. Guess I'm stuck with it. But I play better when I get behind. I say to myself, 'Now I… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
If you didn't have power, you had to have touch and serve and volley, which I found very exciting and that's why I love… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
Every time there was a shiny car, my mum must have worried it was the welfare people coming for her kids. We had no… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
I'm just tired of having to say 'cheese' all the time for the press. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
After I make some bad shots, it makes me bear down and concentrate more. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
I love the atmosphere of shopping in London. Sometimes I just go into a boutique, not to buy but to listen to the music. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
I'm sure many people who discover they are destined to be athletes before they know what kind, go through a period of revelation... when… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
We couldn't afford anything. Suitcase, clothes, everything, Barellan people bought for me. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
I know that from my own experience, after I had my daughter Kelly, I felt great. I just wanted to get back on that… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share
