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“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.”
Chris Evert
“Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.”
“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.”
“You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.”
“If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that...quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life.”
“If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.”
“Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.”
“I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.”
“She's great for the game. She has that combination of glamour and hard work ethic, ... I think her motives are pure as far as, it means more to her to win tennis tournaments than to be on the cover of a magazine.”
“In America we're looking for future stars and we're coming up short a bit, ... There is so much now to choose from. In the '70s (when Evert was the No. 1 player) we didn't have women's basketball and soccer. A lot of our great athletes are going into other sports. But worldwide tennis has made a big jump.”
