Evert Quotes & Sayings

If your heart says, "Maybe I shouldn't be doing this," listen to your heart, pray for strength, and get out of the situation immediately. — Jason Evert

I was labeled at a young age - Miss Unemotional, Miss Cool, and that would carry over to my press conferences. — Chris Evert

In tennis, at the end of the day you're a winner or a loser. You know exactly where you stand ... I don't need that anymore. I don't need my happiness, my well-being, to be based on winning and losing. — Chris Evert

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people. — Chris Evert

To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost. — Chris Evert

I'm not getting within 20 feet of a married man ever again - not even talking to one! — Chris Evert

Mind you," said Ponder, "the universe does have a rhythm. Day and night, light and dark, life and death - " "Chicken soup and croutons," said Ridcully. "Well, not evert metaphor bears close examination". — Terry Pratchett

Friends with benefits are neither. — Jason Evert

don't trust women, for they are easy to catch, but treacherous to possess. — Robert Evert

If by how you dress, you are saying to guys, "Hey, look at my body," why would a guy want to get to know you? — Jason Evert

Compatible comes from the Latin "compati", meaning "to suffer with". If you are not willing to suffer with someone until death do you part, then you are not compatible. — Jason Evert

When you feel far from God and far from everything that you wanted to be for Him, realize that you still have your whole future to give Him. — Jason Evert

After every temptation you will be either closer to God or further from Him. — Jason Evert

You've got to take the initiative to play your game. Confidence makes the difference. — Chris Evert

One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members. — Henry Van Dyke

Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body. — Chris Evert

If you don't do something special against Chris Evert you find yourself losing concentration after 35 shots. — Julie Heldman

Now that I'm losing some, I can see how tough I was
the killer instinct, the single-mindedness, playing like a machine. Boy, that's what made me a champion. — Chris Evert

Single-mindedness. I hate to say it because I don't think it's the best thing for developing a person, but the single-mindedness - just concentrating in the one area - that's what it takes to be a champion. — Chris Evert

Carry the rosary with you everywhere, and it will carry you through anything. — Jason Evert

If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again. — Chris Evert

Because of my value, I veil myself ... If I show too much, I wouldn't be revealing my true worth to you. I'd be distracting you from what matters most. — Jason Evert

You will not lift the veil of my body until you lift the veil over my face. — Jason Evert

G. K. Chesterton once said that the family is a cell of resistance to oppression. Unfortunately, this was one point of Catholic theology that the communists agreed with. To undermine Polish culture, communists struck at its heart - the family. Work and school schedules were organized so that parents had minimal contact with each other and with their children. Birth control and abortion were encouraged, state-sponsored sex education was implemented in schools, and apartments were built to accommodate only small families. — Jason Evert

Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles. — Chris Evert

If you do not speak to your teens about the meaning of human sexuality and love, the world will fill the void of your silence with a very contrary message. — Jason Evert

I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids. — Chris Evert

Purity is not about following a list of rules so that you'll avoid hell. It's about wanting heaven for the person you love. — Jason Evert

Hardly anyone today thinks about sex. We joke about it, dream about it, watch movies about it, listen to music about it, lust about it. But we don't ever really think about it. — Jason Evert

On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style. — Martina Navratilova

Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best. — Chris Evert

The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in the record book, but you don't have anything tangible to hold on to. But having a baby
there isn't any comparison. — Chris Evert

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift. — Chris Evert

After being at the top, I don't think I could play senior tournaments, because you know how good you were. I don't know if I would enjoy that, being half of what I was. — Chris Evert

Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody. — Chris Evert

Without question, purity is beautiful. We're not talking about repression or prudishness, but about having a confident and serene sense of your dignity and worth. — Jason Evert

When a culture of ladies arises, a culture of gentlemen will follow. — Jason Evert

Even as you seek a virtuous, fair, and good spouse, ... it is fitting that you should be the same. - Saint Bernardino of Siena — Jason Evert

Treat your date with the respect and purity you hope your future spouse will have. Keep in mind how you will expect a young man to treat your daughter one day. By listening to your conscience in this way, you'll have a good idea of where to draw the line. — Jason Evert

Don't worry about finding your soul mate. Find yourself. — Jason Evert

When I play, I'm boiling inside. I just try not to show it because it's a lack of composure, and if you give in to your emotions after one loss, you're liable to have three or four in a row. — Chris Evert

I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel. — Chris Evert

You don't have to lower your morals to find love because, if you do, it's not love that you're finding. — Jason Evert

If you decide to live a pure life, don't expect the world to understand your decision. — Jason Evert

Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction. — Chris Evert

You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else. — Chris Evert

Observations. Therefore, the entire archbishop's residence, from the bedroom to the dining room, was bugged with listening devices. The communists were rather clumsy about it, pretending to show up as random technicians who needed to work on the phone lines or electrical system. — Jason Evert

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far. — Chris Evert

Only falsehood wraps itself in a flood of words. Truth is brief. — Jason Evert

Jesus didn't suffer so we wouldn't have to suffer. He suffered so that we would know how to suffer. — Jason Evert

When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks. — Chris Evert

When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, and goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. — Jason Evert

I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. — Chris Evert

I always looked ahead. — Chris Evert

Don't let yourself be defined by the past. It's done. All you have is now and the future. — Jason Evert

When I was in grade school and we had to write papers about what we wanted to be when we grew up, I wanted to be a social worker or a missionary or a teacher. Then I got involved with tennis, and everything was just me, me, me. I was totally selfish and thought about myself and nobody else, because if you let up for one minute, someone was going to come along and beat you. I really wouldn't let anyone or any slice of happiness enter ... I didn't like the characteristics that it took to become a champion. — Chris Evert

What you win a guy with is what you keep him with. If you win him with your body than you'll have to try and keep him with your body. The problem is that every girl in the world has a body, so any girl in the world can lure him away. But who YOU are as a woman ... No other woman in the world has that. — Jason Evert

Girls tend to get seduced through their ears. Guys tend to get seduced through their eyes. — Jason Evert

The closer you get to God, the more you become yourself. — Jason Evert

When a woman dresses modestly, I can take her seriously as a woman because she doesn't look like she's begging for attention. She knows that she's worth discovering. Such humility is radiant. Unfortunately, many women are so preoccupied with turning men's heads that they overlook their power to turn our hearts. — Jason Evert

I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs. — Chris Evert

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you. — Chris Evert

The right relationship won't distract you from God. It will bring you closer to Him. — Jason Evert

If you sincerely want to know if you're "going too far," don't ask yourself, "Is this bad?" Instead ask yourself, "Is this pure?" — Jason Evert

Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose. — Chris Evert

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis. — Chris Evert

Cats are peaceful and tranquil - they bring calmness with their serene personalities. — Chris Evert

I don't give a damn
What anybody says-
If you try
To bend your mind that far,
It disturbs your guts
Which lie right next
To where the soul is housed
In any human body that's been
Screwed by it's mother.
And then all night long
There are screams in the dark
Saying
Mama, don't. — Kathy Evert

I wanted always to appear strong and in control ... Then the cookie began to crumble. — Chris Evert

When a woman veils her body in modest clothing, she is not hiding herself from men. On the contrary, she is revealing her dignity to them. — Jason Evert

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. — Chris Evert

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. — Chris Evert

Authentic femininity is a combination of class, tenderness and virtue. When a woman possesses these traits, a man will naturally want to be more of a gentleman around her. — Jason Evert

The more ready you are to give yourselves to God and to others, the more you will discover the authentic meaning of life. — Jason Evert

Love can wait to give. Lust can't wait to get. — Jason Evert

Losses are always a relief. They take a burden off me, make me feel more normal. If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. If I lose I go back to the dressing room and I'm no better nor worse than anyone else. A loss gets me eager again. — Chris Evert

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. — Chris Evert

The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win. — Chris Evert

If you own pornography of any kind, for the love of your future spouse, trash it immediately. — Jason Evert

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life. — Chris Evert

Somewhere out there are a few men with more innate talent at golf than Jack Nicklaus, or women with greater ability at tennis than Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova, but they will never lift a club or swing a racket and therefore will never find out how great they could have been. Instead, they'll be content to sit and watch stars perform on television. — Donald Trump

Sex is not a tryout. If she fails to live up to your expectations in the bedroom, will you love her less? If so, you can be certain you never loved her to begin with. — Jason Evert

We know from the book of Genesis that God created men and women 'in His image and likeness.' We know from the first letter of John that 'God is Love.' Therefore, men and women are made in the image and likeness of Love. This isn't hard to see. Look at the design of the male and female bodies. They are made for each other. In fact, neither one makes complete sense apart from the other. — Jason Evert

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous. — Chris Evert

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis. — Chris Evert

Girls ... only lift the veil over your body to the spouse who is worthy to see the glory of that unveiled mystery. — Jason Evert

Women are not thousands of temptations to hell. They are thousands of reminders of the beauty of heaven. — Jason Evert

My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me. — Chris Evert

Love is the greatest form of evangelization because it makes an invisible God visible. — Jason Evert

Look at a crucifix. This is how I got my bride to heaven. How else do you think you will get yours there? — Jason Evert

If you are currently in a relationship in which you are also willing to 'do anything to make him happy,' even at your own expense, I want you to stop reading our book. Mark this page, close the book, and hit yourself over the head with it. Then continue reading. — Jason Evert

Women, be radiant on your wedding day. But make sure your soul matches your dress. — Jason Evert

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can. — Chris Evert

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible. — Chris Evert

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport. — Chris Evert

You pay a price for everything in life. — Chris Evert

When you're dating, abstinence is a greater expression of love than making love, because you're doing what's best for your beloved, not just what feels good in the moment. — Jason Evert

You're always striving to play that perfect match. — Chris Evert

I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just a kid with a dream and a racquet. Living in Compton, this never happened before. — Serena Williams

There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think most of my career has been based on desire. — Chris Evert