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In Czechoslovakia there is no...

In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.

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I know some of my self-worth ...

I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.

Martina Navratilova 78 quotes

The whole idea of image is so...

The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What's the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?

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Once you start believing in y...

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.

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Just put one foot in front of...

Just put one foot in front of the other and don't worry about the length of the path. Once you get on that path, and the longer you stay on it, there eventually will come a time when you will not turn back.

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To those people doubting Sere...

To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.

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I am just sorry my own mother...

I am just sorry my own mother had to live under that regime for most of her life. I was lucky. I got out and, 14 years later, Czechoslovakia became a free country. So I feel anger, even fury, at this bloody system that ruined so many people's lives for no reason whatsoever.

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I regret that I had to leave ...

I regret that I had to leave my country. But I had to do it in order to achieve and decide my own fate. I was forced into it. Democracy came about 15 years too late for me. But I have to say that it's there now, and Czech Republic is a fantastic country; it always was but just had the wrong regime at the top.

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I tell you, if I was in the s...

I tell you, if I was in the same position I was in 1975, trying to leave a communist country and trying to live a free life, America is not the country that I would think about going to considering how many rights the GOP is trying to take away.

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The Czech tennis federation w...

The Czech tennis federation wasn't holding me back, but they could still pull the plug anytime they wanted.

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I really couldn't come out un...

I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.

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I just wanted to play tennis....

I just wanted to play tennis. It wasn't a job. It was an ambition. I knew I could make money at it. I was 18 - old enough to think I could do it, young enough not to consider the consequences.

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I was always controversial, b...

I was always controversial, being gay, so nothing was more controversial than that.

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It takes a lot of guts to com...

It takes a lot of guts to come out to your friends and family. For most gay people, coming out is the most traumatic experience in their life because of the worry about the backlash: 'What's going to happen? Are my parents going to accept me? Are my friends going to accept me? Are my sisters and brothers going to accept me?'

Martina Navratilova 78 quotes

There was a joke in Czechoslo...

There was a joke in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party dance, it's one step forward, two steps backward, and everyone is still clapping.

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I'm not a one-sex person, and...

I'm not a one-sex person, and yet I hate the term bisexual. It sounds creepy to me, and I don't think I'm creepy. There are times when I feel downright romantic.

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You don't have to be pretty f...

You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman.

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I'm an American. You can't go...

I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.

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All top players are the same ...

All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.

Martina Navratilova 78 quotes

Losing still hurts, but that'...

Losing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.

Martina Navratilova 78 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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