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The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

~Martina Navratilova

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Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

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Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

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I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.

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I am just sorry my own mother had to live under that regime for most of her life. I was lucky. I got out and, 14 years later, Czechoslovakia became a free country. So I feel anger, even fury, at this bloody system that ruined so many people's lives for no reason whatsoever.

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Ted Cruz, if he's elected president, the first thing he will do is return Don't Ask Don't Tell and roll back same-sex marriage laws. Which is law - hello - you can't really take it away. It's really terrifying the direction we're going in now.

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I've a great family, two children to take care of. Then, of course, I do commentary for TV. I do speak about various women's issues around the world - like LGBT, motivational speeches. I have a lot on my plate right now. But eventually, yes, I would like to pass on the knowledge and something that I would like to do.

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Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me between democracy and tennis.

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The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

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I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: October 18th, 1956

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