92 Quotes by Evonne Goolagong Cawley

There is no higher honour in sport than being selected to represent your country and I have certainly taken great pride in always giving my best in my position as Fed Cup captain.

About three months after I had Kelly, I went and played in Canada. I felt great, I was ready to go and I was very energetic. But as soon as I started playing, I thought 'no, too soon.' I went back home and slept for two days.

It's wonderful being a mother playing anyway.

When we used the small-faced racquets and wood racquets, we had to use every part of the court.

If you didn't have power, you had to have touch and serve and volley, which I found very exciting and that's why I love watching Federer play, because of those skills.

Well, Margaret Court was the first one, first professional woman - or maybe man - to actually take it into the gyms. She worked out on her body, she was very strong, very fast on the court.

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.

Every time there was a shiny car, my mum must have worried it was the welfare people coming for her kids. We had no idea.

I was so hungry to learn my history, to really know who I was.