When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I regret that I had to leave my country. But I had to do it in order to achieve and decide my… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I tell you, if I was in the same position I was in 1975, trying to leave a communist country and trying… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
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… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me between democracy and tennis. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
There was a joke in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party dance, it's one step forward, two steps backward, and everyone is still clapping. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
The longer I stay in the States, the more I understand how important it is to smile and seem like a nice guy. Like… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
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,… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I can teach many sports, but obviously, tennis is the one. When you do other sports, you see things from different perspectives: different footwork… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
