Chris Evert Quotes

— Chris Evert, telling Australia's '60 Minutes' program that she was not intimidated by the publicity that would surround the nature of her relationship with golf star and husband Greg Norman, who also divorced his former spouse, because love overcomes everything.

"My father taught me one important lesson: to not be afraid to lose."

-- All-time great Chris Evert, on how she learned to play without the fear of failure

1988: "The hunger, the drive, a lot of that will stem from negative things, like insecurity, or wanting to get attention. When I started playing tennis, I was painfully shy. But I liked the attention. I'd go, God, people are accepting me because I'm winning."

-Chris Evert, on one source of the burning desire that made her a champion, in Esquire magazine

"You're always striving to play that perfect match."

-Chris Evert, eighteen-time Grand Slam singles champion