Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.
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.
I always looked ahead.
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.
I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel.
If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.
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 you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment... 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 you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
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.
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
For eight years, Chris had a clothing endorsement with Puritan. The president of the company was so enamored with her that he named a horse after her. The filly, Chris Evert, went on to win the Triple Crown.
Chris was awarded the 1995 Family Circle "Player Who Makes A Difference" award.
Evert opened her own Evert Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, FL in 1996.
Chris Evert was named the "Most Widely Known Athlete in the Nation" in a 1991 poll conducted by American Sports Data, Inc.
Chris married two-time Olympic downhill skier Andy Mill in 1988. They have three sons: Alexander James, Nicholas Joseph, and Colton Jack.
Chris Evert was once engaged to fellow top player, Jimmy Connors.
In 1995, Chris Evert was unanimously elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Evert was named the "Sportswoman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated in 1976.
Chris Evert retired from the professional women's tennis tour in 1989.
Chris Evert has a rose named for her.
Chrissie's father, Jimmy Evert, won the men's singles title at the Canadian Championships in 1947.
Chris Evert holds a record 7 French Open titles.
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