Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilovais a retired Czech and American tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth18 October 1956
CityPrague, Czech Republic
CountryUnited States of America
retirement thinking life-after-death
I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.
player thinking self-worth
I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.
sex hate thinking
I'm not a one-sex person, and yet I hate the term bisexual. It sounds creepy to me, and I don't think I'm creepy. There are times when I feel downright romantic.
inspirational strong-women thinking
I think the key is for women not to set any limits.
chicken eggs involved pig sports
I'm not involved in sport, I'm commited.""Do you know the difference?""Think of eggs and ham!""The chicken is involved but the pig is commited!
few nice practicing rewarding time together win work
It's wonderful, it's been a while. It's been a long time coming. Been in a few finals, but no wins. This one was sweet. It's always nice to win with a new partner. You feel like you get better together and work together. We've done a lot of practicing together. It's very rewarding to see that you get better as a team.
became injuries
We should have had the off-season long ago, even before injuries became such a big part of the game,
convince couple martina maybe playing talking
I've been talking to Martina about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.
fun good help needed organize somebody trust words
It was time-consuming, but it was fun. I needed somebody to help organize it, I'm not very good at that, but all the words are mine. Trust me on that one.
affect anyone equality marry special
This is not about special rights, it's about equality. If I marry a woman, how does that affect anyone else?
bring fans good great lord next players weather
The weather couldn't have been better, ... It's a great little arena. You bring the fans close. The players like it, too. Good lord willing, we'll all be back next year.
great happy played
Actually this summer, I played great tennis. I'm very happy with my game.
exciting match stadium
So that was an exciting match to win, period. And to do it on this stadium in the quarterfinals, it's sweet.
ten
Ten years from now we're going to say, 'How could we have done without it?'