Chris Evert

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.

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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.

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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.

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If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

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To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.

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I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

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You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

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Losses are always a relief. They take a great burden off me, make me feel more normal. If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

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