Chris Evert Quotes

I give myself 24 hours after a loss. After that, I'm totally on to the next game. But for 24 hours, I'm not a happy man.

You can feel up, you can feel down, and you have to keep your emotions kind of somewhere to be focused on the next ball.

I understand that when people try to wind me up, it's because I'm playing well. Whenever I had trouble, it was because I reacted to something. Now I'm much more focused on the game and on doing my job.

What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice.

Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.

Being patient ... and not becoming too stressed out over the big plays, those are the things to remember.

It's hard because you want to be able to just, okay, focus your energy on trying to win the match, but you need to then have tactics as to how you're going to deal with how you're feeling.

You can't play sports without losing sometimes and, in losing, you learn something about grace and how to act under pressure.

On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.

No, nothing really upsets me.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.

I normally try to be tranquil on the pitch.

It is difficult to be yourself on court, as you become very involved in the match and very focused.

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you'll be ineffective. If you're disciplined enough, you don't get down when you're behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.

It's just a game. I love it. And yeah, I get frustrated, but I try to not let it get me too upset. I mean, I don't get upset over bad shots or anything like that.

You have to listen to the anthems, allow the emotion to come, but then need to snap back into the match and your specific task.

I'm fairly unemotional and tend not to get too excited when things go well and I tend not to get too depressed when they go badly.

I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.

It doesn't matter if you're winning or losing. You've got to be the same guy; you've got to prepare the same.

It's tough when you get beat. You have to be able to come back mentally. Sometimes the offense is going to win, but you have to be able to be level-headed and not get too upset when they do catch the ball.

We have to keep our strong mentality every time, with a good emotional balance to support everything, whether an opponent provokes you or not, because the opponent is doing his job as well.

I feel I can channelise my aggression to the right thing and be a good bowler, a world class bowler.

I don't go crazy when I don't have my best game and say: 'Oof, I've lost my chance, I'm not going to play again.'