If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
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/ AustralianOpenresult = "W" (1982 Australian Open – Women's Singles/1982, 1984 Australian Open – Women's Singles/1984)
/ FrenchOpenresult = "W" (1974 French Open – Women's Singles/1974, 1975 French Open – Women's Singles/1975, 1979 French Open – Women's Singles/1979, 1980 French Open – Women's Singles/1980, 1983 French Open – Women's Singles/1983, 1985 French Open – Women's Singles/1985, 1986 French Open – Women's Singles/1986)
/ Wimbledonresult = "W" (1974 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles/1974, 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles/1976, 1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles/1981)
/ USOpenresult = "W" (1975 US Open – Women's Singles/1975, 1976 US Open – Women's Singles/1976, 1977 US Open – Women's Singles/1977, 1978 US Open – Women's Singles/1978, 1980 US Open – Women's Singles/1980, 1982 US Open – Women's Singles/1982)
/ Othertournaments = Yes
/ WTAChampionshipsresult = "W" (1972 WTA Tour Championships/1972, 1973 Virginia Slims Championships/1973, 1975 Virginia Slims Championships/1975, 1977 Virginia Slims Championships/1977)
/ doublesrecord = 117–39 (75.0%)
/ doublestitles = 32
/ highestdoublesranking = No. 13 (September 12, 1988)
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous athletes! More Chris Evert on Wikipedia.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.
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.
I think they will feel obligated to give back.
She's great for the game. She has that combination of glamour and hard work ethic, ... I think her motives are pure as far as, it means more to her to win tennis tournaments than to be on the cover of a magazine.
Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that is a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life.
In America we're looking for future stars and we're coming up short a bit, ... There is so much now to choose from. In the '70s (when Evert was the No. 1 player) we didn't have women's basketball and soccer. A lot of our great athletes are going into other sports. But worldwide tennis has made a big jump.
Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.
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