Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert, known as Chris Evert-Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. She was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981. Overall Evert won 157 singles championships and 32 doubles titles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth21 December 1954
CityFort Lauderdale, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction.
Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump
Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.
Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body.
Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.
Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.
I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids.
If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.
You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else.
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.
If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
The fact that two of the grandest stages for women's sport, Wimbledon and Roland Garros, still do not treat women equal to the men is a black mark on the sport.
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.