Top 95 Quotes & Sayings by Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian athlete Evonne Goolagong Cawley.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.
About three months after I had Kelly, I went and played in Canada. I felt great, I was ready to go and I was very energetic. But as soon as I started playing, I thought 'no, too soon.' I went back home and slept for two days.
I know, everybody thinks that all Aussies love beer. I guess most of them do, but not me.
Every time there was a shiny car, my mum must have worried it was the welfare people coming for her kids. We had no idea.
I remember I hadn't bought anything for my Mum for Christmas and I actually won an iron, so I was excited that I could take that home for her.
I went to Willoughby Girls High, I finished my high school certificate and then I did shorthand and typing the next year. Then started travelling and never used it since.
My goal is to share information and to educate. But am I an activist? No, no, no. I don't believe in pushing things on people.
Racism is about education. Racism is ignorance.
I hated school.
I had a bit of a reputation as a tomboy.
I went through a tough time after leaving 'tennis.
I don't know whether I'm half, quarter or what. I just know I'm aboriginal.
I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children.
I guess I had that insecurity of missing out on the normal things that everybody else does. With all the traveling I was doing I felt I was leaving something behind.
Trees always remind me of Aboriginal people.
Whenever a car would come down the road, my mum would tell us to hide 'or else the welfare man would take you away.'
I know that from my own experience, after I had my daughter Kelly, I felt great. I just wanted to get back on that court.
I had to stay in school before I started travelling overseas.
In team tennis, when you're downed, you play harder because there are other people depending upon you.
When I went through some racism through my early days and I went back and told Mum... she said, 'Don't worry about that, they're just ignorant.'
I even opened a nightclub called Evonne's.
I just have these lapses. Guess I'm stuck with it. But I play better when I get behind. I say to myself, 'Now I have to play well.'
Every time I hit the ball I would pretend I was on that magical court at Wimbledon. And then every time I went to sleep at night I would dream about playing at Wimbledon one day.
Losing isn't bitter because it's temporary.
I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.
The white explorers had been my heroes. The Aborigines, I thought they were real savages. That was what I'd been taught and that's what I believed.
I started by hitting balls against walls with an apple crate board.
I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.
I was protected from a lot of publicity and politics of life.
I don't like rushing, just like to sit down and rest before a match. Half the time I don't even look at the draw.
We couldn't afford anything. Suitcase, clothes, everything, Barellan people bought for me.
It's wonderful being a mother playing anyway.
When you say sorry it creates a better working relationship.
Well, Margaret Court was the first one, first professional woman - or maybe man - to actually take it into the gyms. She worked out on her body, she was very strong, very fast on the court.
When we used the small-faced racquets and wood racquets, we had to use every part of the court.
When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.
I was just feeling really down and didn't want to play tennis anymore and when I was feeling down like that, what helped me is that I went back to my culture. To walk the Earth.
When I was playing on the tour, I never really thought about the Hall of Fame because you're always thinking about your game and how you can do better.
In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.
Because I've had time off, I've learned to appreciate tennis more - to put something back into it.
You're not just playing for yourself but for your country, and that's nerve-wracking. It makes you work harder.
I like music and dancing.
I won Wimbledon when I was 19 and again after I had a child.
Neither winning nor losing means as much to me as knowing the crowd has enjoyed my match.
When I started I was pretty well the only Aboriginal player who was playing tournaments.
I hope that I am helping to create an understanding and an awareness of what happened to the Aboriginal people.
After I was fortunate enough to achieve my dreams on the court, I have done my best to, in turn, help young people achieve theirs.
What happened to equal opportunity? Not just in tennis, but everything. It's something that Billie Jean King fought for and she played Bobby Riggs for that, and beat him.
Now that my daughter is 9 and my son is 5, I'm starting to enjoy tennis more. I've been asked to play in the over 35s, and I may do that.
I always just thought of myself as a tennis player.
It's nice to know you're improving and getting better.
I have won a few trophies in my time but I have never had a major event name their trophy after me.
I was so hungry to learn my history, to really know who I was.
If you didn't have power, you had to have touch and serve and volley, which I found very exciting and that's why I love watching Federer play, because of those skills.
Of course, I'm trying to be No. 1.
Some players feel that winning is everything and that losing is a disaster. Not me. I want the spectators to take home a good memory.
I can't wear the same outfit twice without washing it. And tennis is a grueling occupation.
I've always had an obsession with rackets.
There is no higher honour in sport than being selected to represent your country and I have certainly taken great pride in always giving my best in my position as Fed Cup captain.
Nobody expected me to win Wimbledon. It was something to strive for.
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