Quotes by Martina Navratilova

• Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.
• Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
• You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.
• Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.
• The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.
• The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.
• The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.
• The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.
• Tennis has given me soul.
• People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.
• Just go out there and do what you have to do.
• 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.
• It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.
• 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.
• I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.
• I think the key is for women not to set any limits.
• I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.
• I just try to concentrate on concentrating.
• I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.
• Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.