Chris Evert Quotes
( Photo credit: Art Seitz ©2010 )
August 29, 2010: "We've been through so much history, so many layers of emotions. We were such opposites, it enabled us to get closer. She has my back; I have hers. I think people forget that we were left alone in the locker room every Sunday after we played final matches, and one of us would be crying and the other would be comforting-nobody saw that."
— Chris Evert, telling Parade magazine of her long friendship with once rival Martina Navratilova who she faced in 80 matches, 60 of which were finals.
March 9, 2009: "I got to the point where there's no turning back. Is it scary? No, because there's just no turning back. You're aware of the consequences and the hurt and everything but, you know, love is a funny thing."
— 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
1989: "I would be disappointed if in a couple of years my name completely disappeared from the face of the earth. I mean, you get used to a certain lifestyle. I’ve been famous since I was 16 years old. It would be sort of shattering if, in two years, I went into a restaurant and said, ‘Chris Evert would like a table,’ and they said, ‘Who?’”
- Tennis legend Chris Evert, soon after she retired in 1989, in Tennis magazine.
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
"I guess she should be cocky. She beat me three years ago."
-Superstar Chris Evert, with a zinger for Hana Mandlikova, who claimed Evert was past her prime.
"A big deal was made of my femininity when I was younger, and I carried this image as the most feminine of the women players to the hilt. I took advantage of it. I made sure everything was perfect, from my earrings to the color of the pom-poms on my socks."
- Chris Evert, , in the 1979 book, Inside Tennis: A Season on the Pro Tour by Peter Bodo.
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