Martina Navratilova Quotes


"Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Perception, Disability)

"You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Nothing, Past)

"Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost."
- Martina Navratilova
"The more people come out, the less it will be an issue."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: People, Will)

"The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Victory, Nothing)

"The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst."
- Martina Navratilova
"The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Commitment, Difference)

"Tennis has given me soul."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Soul, Tennis)

"People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Sports, People, Girls, Sexuality, states)

"Just go out there and do what you have to do."
- Martina Navratilova
"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 doing your part for the gay movement if you're out."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Being, Environment, Gay, Recycling)

"It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Job, Right)

"If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Money, Being, Quiet)

"I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: People, Career, Twilight)

"I think the key is for women not to set any limits."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Women, Key, Limits)

"I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Life, Leading)

"I just try to concentrate on concentrating."
- Martina Navratilova
"I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: People, Hope, Will)

"Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat."
- Martina Navratilova
(Related: Press)