Martina Navratilova Quotes

Labels are for cans, not for people.

Labels are for cans, not people.

I've tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

I hate labels.

Why does everyone need to have a label?

They stick you with those names, those labels -- ‘rebel’ or whatever; whatever they like to use. Because they need a label; they need a name. They need something to put the price tag on the back of.

Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have to label yourself anything?

Once you label me you negate me.

Not everyone needs to be slammed into a category and locked there.

I don't want to be limited or ghettoized in any way.

I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.

I don't want to be lumped into any categories.

I've always ignored the labels people put on things.

People always want to put a label on you; they always want to compare you to something.

I hate to be categorized.

I don't like labels. I think they conceal more than they reveal, sort of like a bikini.

I don't like the fact that people are put into boxes based on what we look like and what we have to wear. Categories are meant for cookies, you know? Not for humans. And so the fact that I've been able to be successful and do it in a way that's very outside the box, I hope that that makes women feel like they can be beautiful in an authentic way.

The reality that everyone is stereotyped - every one gets typecast, so you have to work to get out of that.

We live in a society that wants to label you with a color, sexuality, religion, or ethnicity. It divides us, but it also allows us to find pride in our identity.

I don't like to be pigeon-holed.

I just don't want to give anybody a reason to label me as something I'm not.

We are all people... don't label me as an LGBT rapper or a female rapper... I don't like to be labeled.

I don't like being put into a category.

They always like to put labels on me.

I don't want to have any category stamped on my face.