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Martina Navratilova
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“People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? You can't take it with you. The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.”
Martina Navratilova (born 1956) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Martina (Alfred A. Knopf, 1985), p. 210.
“Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts", probably lost.”
Martina Navratilova (born 1956) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Newsweek, vol. 109 (1987), p. 47.
“Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.”
Martina Navratilova (born 1956) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Queer Notions, A Fabulous Collection of Gay and Lesbian Wit and Wisdom, 1996, p. 18.
“I've been asked who I would pay to watch to play tennis, and Roger would be one of the few.”
Martina Navratilova (born 1956) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Federer's touch of class", The Age (July 4, 2004).
“I advocate eating nutritious food (I'm a vegetarian), working out, being in top form mentally and physically.”
Martina Navratilova (born 1956) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Champion on Fair Play", in Ingrid Newkirk, One Can Make a Difference (Adams Media, 2008), pp. 172–73.
“[On transgender athletes who have not transitioned and retain male genitals.] It’s insane and it’s cheating. I am happy to address a transgender woman in whatever form she prefers, but I would not be happy to compete against her. It would not be fair.”
Martina Navratilova (born 1956) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The rules on trans athletes reward cheats and punish the innocent" The Sunday Times (February 17, 2019).