Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes
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Every time I hit the ball I would pretend I was on that magical court at Wimbledon. And then every time I went to sleep at night I would dream about playing at Wimbledon one day.
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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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It's nice to know you're improving and getting better.
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I won Wimbledon when I was 19 and again after I had a child.
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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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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 hope that I am helping to create an understanding and an awareness of what happened to the Aboriginal people.
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I don't think of myself as being colored but of being Australian.
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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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I think how I'm playing, not who I'm playing.
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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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Losing isn't bitter because it's temporary.
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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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After I make some bad shots, it makes me bear down and concentrate more.
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I went through a tough time after leaving 'tennis.
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It's nice to be remembered.
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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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The most exciting match I ever played was the 1974 US Open final against Billie Jean King.
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People told me I made the game look easy and I didn't always look like I was trying my best, but I always was.
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I've always had an obsession with rackets.