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Martina Navratilova [1956-0] American
Rank: 103
Athlete, Tennis player


Martina Navratilova is a retired Czech and American tennis player and coach. In 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005.

Sports, Attitude, Environmental



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The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.
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Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
102
Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.
103
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
104
I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.
105
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. Sports
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Life is about challenges and how we face up to them and the attitude we take into every day life so hopefully we'll be able to motivate people to do more with their life. Attitude
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I just try to concentrate on concentrating.
108
You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.
109
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. Sports
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I think the key is for women not to set any limits.
111
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.
112
My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this silver and pink lame dress. My hair was all curled, and it was the first time I wore a garter belt. I felt so out of place!
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I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.
114
Just go out there and do what you have to do.
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The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.
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People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.
117
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.
118
Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it.
119
The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.
120
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.
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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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I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.
123
Tennis has given me soul.
124
I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years. Environmental
125
Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.
126
The goal for the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation is to give kids an opportunity to be involved in sports and hopefully learn some lessons along the way. We want to put them in a safe environment, help them if they need it and maybe they will get a scholarship to a school because of the skills that they learn. Sport is just a starting point.
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