Football Quotes by Martina Navratilova

10 Football quotes by Martina Navratilova

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Martina’s relentless pursuit of excellence shines in these ten short statements about football. The collection mirrors her competitive fire and the precision she brings to any arena.

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

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“Who ever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.”

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Players are saying, 'I don't have to have a coach who has only played a little bit. Instead, I can have somebody…

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The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

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Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

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What matters isn't how well you play when you're playing well. What matters is how well you play when you're playing badly.

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

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People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy…

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You can have a coach for five or six years, and eventually, that coach has so little new to say. So get…

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So many athletes are afraid to use their platform to do the right thing and speak what they feel, and that's very…

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The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

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Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me between democracy and tennis.

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

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You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.

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When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem.

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I am not looking for perfection. I look for the best in me.

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I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

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The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.

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There was a joke in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party dance, it's one step forward, two steps backward, and everyone is still clapping.

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The longer I stay in the States, the more I understand how important it is to smile and seem like a nice guy. Like…

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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,…

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I can teach many sports, but obviously, tennis is the one. When you do other sports, you see things from different perspectives: different footwork…

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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…

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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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Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

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