I don’t want to talk about apartheid… I’m going to South Africa to play tennis and to see the country. That’s as far as it goes. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
Mum and Dad have come to Sydney to see me off on the two trips to Wimbledon. Each time I thought I mustn’t cry ‘cos that’ll start Mum off. Each time I really bawled, and then she started up. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
I’d much rather people knew me as a good tennis player than as an aboriginal who happens to play good tennis. Of course I’m proud of my race, but I don’t want to be thinking about it all the time. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
I keep saying to myself, ‘I’m in New York.’ I’ve heard so much about it. It’s big, isn’t it? Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
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.’ Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
I first started out by hitting a ball against a wall when I was four. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
I’m just tired of having to say ‘cheese’ all the time for the press. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
Usually I have to leave parties early – just when the action is beginning. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
