91 Quotes by Chris Evert

Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. You can have the greatest coaches in the world, all the opportunities to play, and the greatest equipment, but if you don't have it inside, you're not going to make it. On the other hand, if you don't have any of those luxuries but you have heart and courage and the guts to go out there and grind it out, then you'll make it.

I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things.

I was labeled at a young age - Miss Unemotional, Miss Cool, and that would carry over to my press conferences.