Zitat des Tages von Chris Evert:
If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.
Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.
If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
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.
I always looked ahead.
Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.
Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.
When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.
Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.
You pay a price for everything in life.
I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel.
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.
When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
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.
Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.
I'm not getting within 20 feet of a married man ever again - not even talking to one!
Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.