Chris Evert Quotes

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

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Game, Play

• Every time, all the time, I’m a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Lose, Perfectionist

• I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. I learned that at a young age.

  Chris Evert

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Realized, Anything

• Find something that you’re really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Yourself, Best

• 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.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Made, Give

• I’m not an overly ambitious person; I don’t feel like I have to excel.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Person, Ambitious

• I always looked ahead.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Ahead, Looked

• 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.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Important, Winning, Quality

• If you’re a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Heart, Champion

• Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Best, Hurts

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

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Tournaments, Confident

• Ninety percent of my game is mental. It’s my concentration that has gotten me this far.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Mental, Game, Concentration

• When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

  Chris Evert

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  Tags in Wind, She

Chris Evert (13)

Birth:	21st December, 1954
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Tennis Player

About

Christine Marie "Chris" Evert was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. Evert has served as president of the Women's Tennis Association during eleven calendar years, 1975–76 and 1983-91. She was awarded the Philippe Chartier award and inducted into the Hall of Fame. In later life Evert was a coach and is now an analyst for ESPN.

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