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. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
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. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
Because I’ve had time off, I’ve learned to appreciate tennis more – to put something back into it. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
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. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
Neither winning nor losing means as much to me as knowing the crowd has enjoyed my match. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
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. Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
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.’ Evonne Goolagong Cawley Read Quote
