Chris Evert

“If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.”

“If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.”

“To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.”

“You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.”

“The difference is almost all mental. The top players are not consistently better players than the others. They are just mentally tougher.”

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.”

“Character is a journey, not a destination.”

“I was a machine. I was a robot. I was a puppet on a string. I was a lonely girl.”

“It's a matter of wanting to be the best. I've always had that.”

“When you're a top player, you have to be ahead of the game. You have to be very disciplined and you have to be very professional.”

“You can't give up. You can't ever give up.”

“I'm not the most talented player in the world. I'm just the most determined.”