Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
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Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.
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I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.
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In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.
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Whenever a car would come down the road, my mum would tell us to hide 'or else the welfare man would take you away.'
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We couldn't afford anything. Suitcase, clothes, everything, Barellan people bought for me.
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I know how to get around London better than Sydney.
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I was just feeling really down and didn't want to play tennis anymore and when I was feeling down like that, what helped me is that I went back to my culture. To walk the Earth.
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I can't explain why I play belter when I am down. It's the challenge I suppose.
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Every time I hit the ball on the wall I uses to pretend I was there Wimbledon. When I went to sleep I used to pretend I was there.
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Usually I have to leave parties early - just when the action is beginning.
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When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.
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I love the atmosphere of shopping in London. Sometimes I just go into a boutique, not to buy but to listen to the music.
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When you have a dream you have to work hard to achieve that dream. Your dreams when you are young can be the force that keeps you going.
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I'd much rather people knew me as a good tennis player than as an aboriginal who happens to play good tennis. Of course I'm proud of my race, but I don't want to be thinking about it all the time.
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When you say sorry it creates a better working relationship.
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I guess I had that insecurity of missing out on the normal things that everybody else does. With all the traveling I was doing I felt I was leaving something behind.
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When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.
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There are about 100 Aboriginal communities in Australia, and I'm trying to visit as many as possible to learn as much as I can.
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I keep saying to myself, 'I'm in New York.' I've heard so much about it. It's big, isn't it?
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I had to stay in school before I started travelling overseas.
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Losing isn't bitter because it's temporary.
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After I was fortunate enough to achieve my dreams on the court, I have done my best to, in turn, help young people achieve theirs.
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What happened to equal opportunity? Not just in tennis, but everything. It's something that Billie Jean King fought for and she played Bobby Riggs for that, and beat him.
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Anyway, when I get sorta tense and start thinking about every shot, that's when my game falls apart.