Top 100 Martina's Quotes
#1. Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.
Billie Jean King
#2. Anybody who's in the dressing room after the show always says, "Oh, my God, I was kind of worried that the show was going to be sleepy because you were half asleep, yawning, and not really present."
Martina Sorbara
#3. Faith that it's not always in your hands or things don't always go the way you planned, but you have to have faith that there is a plan for you, and you must follow your heart and believe in yourself no matter what.
Martina Mcbride
#4. I've never had big problems about being long on the court. During the U.S. Open I played three events (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) and some people asked me if I want to stay overnight on the court.
Martina Hingis
#5. All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.
Martina Navratilova
#6. Martina, she's got several layers of steel out there like a cat with nine lives.
Virginia Wade
#7. You have to stick to your guns and still know when to be flexible. That's something I've had to learn-which battles to fight.
Martina Mcbride
#8. I'm not fond of crunches or lunges, but I do them anyway because I do see results. For me it's about being fit and staying healthy more than anything else.
Martina Mcbride
#9. It's hard being away from home. But other than that, performing is the highlight of my day.
Martina Mcbride
#10. Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing, let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong ... it's Independence Day.
Martina Mcbride
#11. I have been fighting writing songs for a long time. People keep telling me I should write, and other writers have offered to write with me, and to be honest, it's not something I've ever really had a passion for - plus I wasn't sure I had the talent to do it!
Martina Mcbride
#12. I always have apples and fruit in the house. It's easier to eat something healthy if it's within reach. I also have yogurt, cheese and crackers, and raw almonds.
Martina Mcbride
#13. People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.
Martina Navratilova
#14. The only people that really have a chance against Serena [Williams] are people that are strong, that can handle her power that move well, and that's a difficult combination.
Martina Navratilova
#15. In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero, I am strong and wise, and I know no fear, but the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me, I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.
Martina Mcbride
#16. I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.
Martina Hingis
#17. Baby, I've tried to find a place inside your heart. Oh, but it's hard to start a fire without a spark.
Martina Mcbride
#18. I think it's important to find someone that you really like as well as love. When the infatuation runs out, the first phase of the relationship changes. You really have to be able to say 'I like to hang out with you. Let's keep hanging out.'
Martina Mcbride
#19. Love doesn't come with an on-off switch. It's made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave themselves into the very core of who you are.
Martina Boone
#20. Raising three girls, I think it's important to teach them to support other women.
Martina Mcbride
#21. It's hard to say no to your kid. It's hard for them to stomp off and not be happy with you for an hour.
Martina Mcbride
#22. Murder is always wrong, doesn't matter who does the killin'. Hurtin' someone else is always wrong. Everyone's got their burdens. The way the world is, we need faith and hope and joyful praise more than ever to get through.
Martina Boone
#23. I think my body makes itself tired so I don't have the energy to do anything else beforehand. I do jump around a lot on stage, so I guess my body's like, "You are tired now!" As soon as I get onstage the adrenaline takes over. It's a useful mechanism.
Martina Sorbara
#24. I have a really amazing fan club, it's contemporary but it's a little bit old school. There's a lot of connection. I have a fan club president who really responds to people.
Martina Mcbride
#25. I've realized that a lot of life is not what you say,see,it's what you don't say.People have to make up their own minds then.It's like a game, and only we know the rules.
Martina Cole
#26. The thing about my fridge is, it's a family fridge, so there's a little of something everybody likes in there.
Martina Mcbride
#27. The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret storm Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Martina Mcbride
#28. If I walk out onstage and I get a warm, excited response, it makes me feel so confident and happy, and then it's so easy for me up there.
Martina Mcbride
#29. I love producing! It's so much fun to start with a blank canvas and create the picture you want to create and see it all come together.
Martina Mcbride
#30. I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.
Martina Mcbride
#31. That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.
Martina Hingis
#32. I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.
Martina Navratilova
#33. Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.
Martina Mcbride
#34. Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
Billie Jean King
#36. I have girls who are concerned about how they look compared to models or what have you. It's my responsibility to teach them that beauty is more than superficial.
Martina Mcbride
#37. Who ever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
Martina Navratilova
#38. I always make a joke that they transplanted Martina McBride's eyes and put them in my head.
Blake Shelton
#40. Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.
Martina Navratilova
#41. When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem.
Martina Navratilova
#42. I generally have one or two drinks. I hang out in the dressing room, and it's not always the most attractive place to be, so just being able to have a drink is nice.
Martina Sorbara
#43. People only know what you tell them.And it was true.People gave out their whole life stories to anyone and everyone without a second's thought.Stand at a bus stop,sit in a strange pub,get banged up,and someone would always give you their life story.It was as if they were trying to prove they existed
Martina Cole
#44. Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel
Martina Mcbride
#45. And now that Martina McBride knows of T.I., and T.I. knows of Martina McBride, that made me very happy, too. It's introducing worlds to different people and bringing them together with a song.
Kid Rock
#46. Everyone's going to have a better time if I'm not confused on stage about who I am.
Martina Sorbara
#47. I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.
Martina Hingis
#48. Keeping a journal of what's going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what's important and what's not.
Martina Navratilova
#49. I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.
Martina Navratilova
#50. I obviously love to sing, it's my passion, as is being a mom. Those are the two things that pretty much consume my every day and so I want to keep doing that as long as I can.
Martina Mcbride
#51. With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had visions of celebrating at the summit of Africa's highest peak by hitting a couple balls to see how far they might fly in the thin air at 19,341 feet.
Don Yaeger
#52. Sometimes I wouldn't give an interview because I didn't have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don't think is always true, but they have to sell papers.
Martina Hingis
#55. Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.
Martina Navratilova
#56. Playing (Serena) it always felt like playing a steamroller. No subtlety, no finesse, just raw, loud power. To respect this style of play was always a bit tough for me, but of course I had to, because the rules of tennis dont state that having a beautiful game is required to become No. 1.
Martina Hingis
#57. The hardest part of changing things is knowing how much needs changing,
Martina Boone
#58. I always thought it would have been fun to spend an evening with Patsy Cline - just because I think she was really fun and interesting. I think you'd have a really good time with her.
Martina Mcbride
#59. My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even.
Martina Mcbride
#60. I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.
Martina Mcbride
#61. Losing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.
Martina Navratilova
#63. People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.
Martina Navratilova
#64. That's the hardest thing about being a mom. You want to be cool, and you want them to like you all the time, but you can't always have that. You're gonna have times where you have to say no, and you won't be the most popular person in the house.
Martina Mcbride
#65. The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.
Martina Hingis
#66. I find I always throw limbs here and there in my lyrics. I kind of put my physical self into the songs.
Martina Sorbara
#67. I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.
Martina Navratilova
#68. I've been on top longer and I am younger. I'm just better.
Martina Hingis
#70. Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.
Martina Navratilova
#71. I'm not a big fan of flying. I definitely try to take the bus whenever I can. I've gotten a little bit better about it, but it was a pretty crippling thing for many years. I feel safer in a private plane.
Martina Mcbride
#72. Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible. Once you start believing in yourself, your dreams take shape. The more you believe, the more you achieve.
Martina Navratilova
#73. I find this accusation so horrendous, so monstrous, that I have decided to confront it head-on by talking to the press. I am frustrated and angry. I believe that I am absolutely, 100 per cent innocent. I assure you: I have never taken drugs.
Martina Hingis
#74. And the '99 finals at the French - if I had won that one easily, no one would have talked about it.
Martina Hingis
#75. You're torn between wanting to be closer and wanting to push me away," he said. "So I vote for closer. I'll always vote for closer.
Martina Boone
#77. What planet are you living on? Who are you trying to convince - me or yourself.
Martina Navratilova
#78. I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.
Martina Mcbride
#79. Family is always a mirror. You can hide from other people, you can even hide from yourself, but your family is going to reflect what you're doing right back at you.
Martina Boone
#80. We anyway have to THINK
Why not think BIG
We anyway have to WORK
Why not do what we LOVE
Mala Mary Martina
#81. Keep the story alive," he said. "Memory cheats death.
Martina Devlin
#83. Some days I do well and I eat really healthfully. But I don't think we should deprive ourselves of anything, so some days I indulge and give in to cravings.
Martina Mcbride
#84. I always tell my three daughters, it's not about the number on the scale, it's how you feel. You know you are going to feel better if you eat healthier.
Martina Mcbride
#85. I kind of just roll up on stage. I realize that as soon as I find myself wearing something that I haven't worn ten times in the past, I'm like, "Who am I right now? I don't recognize myself!"
Martina Sorbara
#86. It's not the size of the house. It's how much love is inside.
Martina Mcbride
#87. I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.
Martina Hingis
#89. Sorry' isn't a synonym for 'guilty.' It's a way to say you're listening.
Martina Boone
#90. Pushing through fear was what eventually set you free.
Martina Boone
#91. Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black. And they have had a lot of advantages because they can always say, 'It's racism.' They can always come back and say, 'Because we are this color, things happen.'
Martina Hingis
#93. The way you look is so dependent on the way you take care of yourself.
Martina Mcbride
#94. It occurred to her that all the bad parts of life, the sad parts, the frightening ones, were meant to be offset by moments and memories like this. She had to be present in it, right here, right now.
Martina Boone
#95. The longer I stay in the States, the more I understand how important it is to smile and seem like a nice guy. Like Ronald Reagan. Your image seems to count more than what you do.
Martina Navratilova
#96. Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world.
Martina Mcbride
#97. I'm just the instrument for the song to do whatever it's supposed to do-heal, inspire or encourage. It's not all about me, it's about the song. I'm just the lucky girl who gets to sing these songs.
Martina Mcbride
#98. My desire is to stand by the fire that burns inside of you.
Martina Mcbride
#99. There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.
Martina Navratilova
#100. I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better.
Martina Hingis
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