Top 100 Roy Martina Quotes
#1. Which was worse, telling a person you loved them when you didn't mean it? Or loving them and never telling them at all?
Martina Boone
#2. Not only do I know how to milk a cow, but I know how to herd a bunch of cows, too, which is a life skill that I think may come in handy someday.
Martina Mcbride
#3. Sometimes you just can't have what you want so you have to settle for the best you can get.
Martina Reilly
#4. Hope is possibly the only inexhaustible resource on earth.
Martina Boone
#5. As long as you loved somebody, each kiss was hope and wonder, but it was also the potential for good-bye.
Martina Boone
#6. A smile and a sword - the way to conquer kingdoms.
Martina Boone
#7. I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.
Martina Navratilova
#8. 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
#9. 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
#10. On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style.
Martina Navratilova
#11. I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.
Bob Seger
#13. The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gone. If I had been like Martina Navratilova and my body had let me I would have carried on playing a lot longer.
Jo Durie
#14. I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.
Martina Navratilova
#16. The way you treat me baby
Cheat and tell me lies
I guess I shouldn't care at all
But still I sympathize
'cause you got heart trouble
Coming on
Yeah you got heart trouble coming on
Well you think that you don't need me baby
But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
Martina Mcbride
#17. But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an accident of birth. Real family was heart as much as, if not more than, blood.
Martina Boone
#18. Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
Martina Navratilova
#19. When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took me everywhere. When she went for dinner with friends or when they had meetings at the tennis club, I was always there.
Martina Hingis
#20. I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.
Martina Mcbride
#21. 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
#22. 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
#24. The thing about my fridge is, it's a family fridge, so there's a little of something everybody likes in there.
Martina Mcbride
#25. Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.
Martina Navratilova
#26. 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
#28. Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson.
Martina Navratilova
#30. Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.
Martina Navratilova
#31. He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you're at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you.
Martina Hingis
#32. 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
#33. 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
#35. Dreams shape the kind of human beings we become. Not having a dream gave me a smaller future and made me a smaller person.
Martina Boone
#36. In any small town, sports are really important to the high school, and I wasn't very good at sports.
Martina Mcbride
#37. Why do we get so angry at ourselves when we eat foods we love? Do you think guys walk around going, 'I just ate a cheeseburger and I'm so mad at myself?'
Martina Mcbride
#38. 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
#39. Sorry' isn't a synonym for 'guilty.' It's a way to say you're listening.
Martina Boone
#41. The best part is seeing my kids grow and become individuals, and the fact that they're happy and well-adjusted.
Martina Mcbride
#42. Raising three girls, I think it's important to teach them to support other women.
Martina Mcbride
#43. I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
Martina Hingis
#44. 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
#45. Is there a reason you look like you want to murder me?"
"Not particularly. You have that effect on people.
Martina Boone
#46. I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.
Martina Hingis
#47. If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.
Martina Navratilova
#48. You didn't find strength when you couldn't live without it. You found it when you had someone or something you loved so much that it forced you to stretch the edges of yourself further than you thought was possible.
Martina Boone
#49. I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.
Martina Hingis
#50. I do yoga, lunges, crunches, things like that for 40 minutes twice a week. For cardio I usually do the elliptical, treadmill or walking.
Martina Mcbride
#51. 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
#52. 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
#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. 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
#65. 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
#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. The Beginning of a Happy Ending is not as bad as it sounds.
Elena Martina
#79. I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.
Martina Mcbride
#80. 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
#81. We anyway have to THINK
Why not think BIG
We anyway have to WORK
Why not do what we LOVE
Mala Mary Martina
#82. Keep the story alive," he said. "Memory cheats death.
Martina Devlin
#84. 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
#85. 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
#86. 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
#87. It's not the size of the house. It's how much love is inside.
Martina Mcbride
#88. 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
#90. What planet are you living on? Who are you trying to convince - me or yourself.
Martina Navratilova
#91. Pushing through fear was what eventually set you free.
Martina Boone
#92. 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
#94. The way you look is so dependent on the way you take care of yourself.
Martina Mcbride
#95. 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
#96. 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
#97. Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world.
Martina Mcbride
#98. 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
#99. My desire is to stand by the fire that burns inside of you.
Martina Mcbride
#100. There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.
Martina Navratilova
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