Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
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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 can think of matches I played where I played one or two points perfectly, and that gave me a thrill.
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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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I think how I'm playing, not who I'm playing.
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Anyway, when I get sorta tense and start thinking about every shot, that's when my game falls apart.
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I hope that I am helping to create an understanding and an awareness of what happened to the Aboriginal people.
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The white explorers had been my heroes. The Aborigines, I thought they were real savages. That was what I'd been taught and that's what I believed.
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I don't like rushing, just like to sit down and rest before a match. Half the time I don't even look at the draw.
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It's nice to be remembered.
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I was protected from a lot of publicity and politics of life.
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In team tennis, when you're downed, you play harder because there are other people depending upon you.
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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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The most exciting match I ever played was the 1974 US Open final against Billie Jean King.
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I know that from my own experience, after I had my daughter Kelly, I felt great. I just wanted to get back on that court.
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Once in a while I'll drink a rum-and-Coke but that's all, and only once in a while.
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I'm just tired of having to say 'cheese' all the time for the press.
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My goal is to share information and to educate. But am I an activist? No, no, no. I don't believe in pushing things on people.
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I've always had an obsession with rackets.
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Losing isn't bitter because it's temporary.
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After I make some bad shots, it makes me bear down and concentrate more.