I just wanted to play tennis. It wasn't a job. It was an ambition. I knew I could make money at it. I was 18 - old enough to think I could do it, young enough not to consider the consequences. — 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
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
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… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed. — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
