Martina Navratilova Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

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I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.

When I reached America, there was so much space and colour. The possibilities seemed endless. At least that's how I felt at 18. But of course, I didn't have to take the usual immigrant route of battling to find a job and a home in a strange country. I could play tennis. I spoke the language, and I was making money. It was easy, really.

Martina Navratilova

Tennis has given me soul.

Martina Navratilova

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

Martina Navratilova

I'm 58 years old. I got married for the first time - it's about time, right? Growing up as a gay woman, you just don't ever think about that, and then I thought, about 10 years ago, 'You know, I think within 10 years gay marriage will be legal.' And here we are, 10 years later, making it legal.

Martina Navratilova

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

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I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

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I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

Martina Navratilova

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Martina Navratilova

Just go out there and do what you have to do.

Martina Navratilova

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.

Martina Navratilova

That's the media now. They get lazy. Rumors become fact. Some blogger says something, next thing you know, it's in 'USA Today.'

Martina Navratilova

I know propaganda when I see it, and I can speak with authority on it.

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I think we will have full marriage rights in Colorado. But in 1992, there was a very hateful Amendment 2 that basically made it legal for any institution to deny gays and lesbians access, whether it's hospitals or restaurants or employment. Anybody could fire you or not let you in a restaurant because you were gay.

Martina Navratilova

The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.

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Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

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If a man can coach a female, why can't a female coach a male? When I was looking for a coach, the gender of the coach never occurred to me. It was about who I thought was good and who I could get along with and listen to.

Martina Navratilova

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

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

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The Williams girls compete extremely hard on court because they hate losing - it's just that they haven't played an awful lot of tennis over the years.

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I never felt I had anything to hide. I never felt being gay was anything to be ashamed of, so I never felt apologetic. I didn't have issues with it, didn't grow up with any religion, so I didn't have any religious, you know, issues to deal with as far as homosexuality is concerned. So, I accepted it very easily. For me, it wasn't that big a deal.

Martina Navratilova

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

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You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.

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Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

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The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

Martina Navratilova

When I worked with Billie Jean King and Craig Kardon, and we would be working on something, Billie would show up and say, 'What about this?' Neither one of us had seen it.

Martina Navratilova

It takes a lot of guts to come out to your friends and family. For most gay people, coming out is the most traumatic experience in their life because of the worry about the backlash: 'What's going to happen? Are my parents going to accept me? Are my friends going to accept me? Are my sisters and brothers going to accept me?'

Martina Navratilova

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

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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.

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Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.

Martina Navratilova

My life is very well managed. I have a lot on my plate, and at the same time, there were still holes, and what I do and where I am dovetails nicely with what Agnieszka needs. I don't think I could be a coach for a Madison Keys because she needs somebody more hands-on. But Agnieszka is almost a finished product.

Martina Navratilova

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.

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Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.

Martina Navratilova

Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn't know what the gender was of the tennis coach.

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The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

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Goodbye 2010. If you were a fish, I'd throw you back.

Martina Navratilova

I'll do some running with the dogs, ride a bike; if I go to gym it's usually for cardio. I don't do weights as much; every once in while, I throw in some pushups and do leg exercises to strengthen my legs.

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