Half Quote by Evonne Goolagong Cawley

“I don't like rushing, just like to sit down and rest before a match. Half the time I don't even look at the draw.”

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

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I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Of course, I'm trying to be No. 1.

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Every time there was a shiny car, my mum must have worried it was the welfare people coming for her kids. We had no…

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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…

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I'm just tired of having to say 'cheese' all the time for the press.

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After I make some bad shots, it makes me bear down and concentrate more.

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I love the atmosphere of shopping in London. Sometimes I just go into a boutique, not to buy but to listen to the music.

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I like to be nervous, as I push myself harder.

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I like music and dancing.

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