When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.
More Quotes by Chris Evert
Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
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 can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else.
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.
If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.