I was always controversial, being gay, so nothing was more controversial than that. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I was political by coming out of the womb. I was gay, and I wanted to play tennis. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of guts to come out to your friends and family. For most gay people, coming out is the… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I'm 58 years old. I got married for the first time - it's about time, right? Growing up as a gay woman,… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I think we will have full marriage rights in Colorado. But in 1992, there was a very hateful Amendment 2 that basically… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I do get pissed off when I'm at some gay event, and there's a 25-year-old, and he has no idea who I… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I never felt I had anything to hide. I never felt being gay was anything to be ashamed of, so I never… — 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
