Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilovais 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth18 October 1956
CityPrague, Czech Republic
CountryUnited States of America
affect anyone equality marry special
This is not about special rights, it's about equality. If I marry a woman, how does that affect anyone else?
doubles rid trying
I think the (ATP) are just trying to get rid of doubles and they're doing it slowly,
quite
I just feel like I'm not quite done yet.
ten
Ten years from now we're going to say, 'How could we have done without it?'
four last three
I think the last three or four years it has been an epidemic,
against argument call goes match seconds speeds takes umpire
It actually speeds the match up, ... You do the challenge, you look at it, it takes 15 to 30 seconds and you're done with it. (Now) when you have a really big call that goes against you and you have an argument with the umpire and the linesman it takes a lot of time.
player talented tough
She is one of the most talented young player in Europe, ... She is so tough around the court, just like her countrywomen years ago, she will be top-notched player someday.
exciting match stadium
So that was an exciting match to win, period. And to do it on this stadium in the quarterfinals, it's sweet.
chicken eggs involved pig sports
I'm not involved in sport, I'm commited.""Do you know the difference?""Think of eggs and ham!""The chicken is involved but the pig is commited!
great happy played
Actually this summer, I played great tennis. I'm very happy with my game.
good olympic serve
On my first serve of the match, I thought: 'OK, this is your first Olympic toss.' And it was a good one, and a good serve, and that was all the jitters I had.
history losing risk taken tie worried
That's just a footnote. Losing the tie is the history. If I was worried about it, I wouldn't have taken the risk and played.
convince couple martina maybe playing talking
I've been talking to Martina about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.
great match middle
She was very creative, had a great tactical strategy. She did things in the middle of the match like no one else did.