There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think most of my career has been based on desire. Chris Evert More Quotes by Chris Evert More Quotes From Chris Evert You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. Chris Evert inspiring motivational sports If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life. Chris Evert attitude sports life Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far. Chris Evert focus-and-concentration tennis games Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can. Chris Evert excellence goal sports If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. Chris Evert champion tennis heart You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else. Chris Evert strong-women giving-up inspiring Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction. Chris Evert able proud goal Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift. Chris Evert skills athlete meaningful 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. Chris Evert tennis selfish tunnels A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win. Chris Evert hate attitude inspirational The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win. Chris Evert hate success sports Single-mindedness. I hate to say it because I don't think it's the best thing for developing a person, but the single-mindedness - just concentrating in the one area - that's what it takes to be a champion. Chris Evert motivation softball sports If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again. Chris Evert winning loss sports Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body. Chris Evert training tennis mind Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump Chris Evert slumps victory firsts 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. Chris Evert heart opportunity hands I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids. Chris Evert making-a-difference differences player I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. Chris Evert oysters hard-work determination You're always striving to play that perfect match. Chris Evert strive perfect play Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous. Chris Evert self-esteem personality fame
