With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had visions of celebrating at the summit of Africa's highest peak by hitting a couple balls to see how far they might fly in the thin air at 19,341 feet.
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HANA MANDLIKOVA You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches. JOHN MCENROE She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash. JASON STATHAM How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL With tennis, if you're very good at a young age, you don't even go to your prom. You're ... DOUGLAS BRUNT It's said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. That's false, tragically f... JACOB BRONOWSKI You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting... LEE WESTWOOD I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried. MATTHEW ASHFORD I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backya... TULLIAN TCHIVIDJIAN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our t... VENUS WILLIAMS To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool. ADRIAN SMITH Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made wi... LARS VON TRIER The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportu... VENUS WILLIAMS A tennis racket lurks in my earliest memories like a sick relative who had come to live with us. Whe... DOUGLAS BRUNT I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY My next project is 'Venus Vs,' which is a documentary that follows tennis star Venus William... AVA DUVERNAY don’t say you’se ole. You’se uh lil girl baby all de time. God made it so you spent yo’ ole ... ZORA NEALE HURSTON Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD Martina had just turned 22 when injuries forced her to stop. Now, at the age of 25, with several ope... PHIL DE PICCIOTTO This new initiative at the U.S. Open reinforces our outgoing commitment to recognize the talents of ... FRANKLIN JOHNSON You know, I still love the innocent parts of the game. I love hitting tennis balls. I love seeing th... ANDY RODDICK We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA It's always been my philosophy to keep a lot of balls in the air. With music, most things don... ADAM SCHLESINGER No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No ti... W.H. DAVIES If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet NINON DE LENCLOS If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet. NINON DE L'ENCLOS I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very sim... RAJIV OUSEPH I don't play tennis at all. BROOKLYN DECKER He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed ani... SUSAN HUBBARD May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The game has changed a lot and today you peak in your early 20s. A lot of people are starting to pla... GABRIELA SABATINI My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, ... NOVAK DJOKOVIC It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gav... SAMANTHA STOSUR My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, wh... CHLOE SEVIGNY I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all. MAHESH BHUPATHI It's the alternating pressure that allows me to hit reflex points in her feet, and by hitting those ... SISTER LUCILLE PHIPPS Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA ... Her gradual ascent to stardom began right here in western Pennsylvania. MARGO MONG And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at th... SANFORD I. WEILL Nothing in the world matters if you don't matter. STEVEN CUOCO A more expensive tennis racket will not make you a better player. UNKNOWN I knew I had to play my tennis -- hit the ball hard and not let her in the game. KAROLINA SPREM It's definitely her dedication and her passion for it. We'll practice out here for a couple of hours... JASON BLAZEK The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Rise baby rise. Don't let the bad things happening in your life...keep you down. Bring the warrior o... TIMOTHY PINA Entrepreneur, you're either raising the bar of excellence or, you're exhaling at the bar which is ex... ONYI ANYADO My greatest fear is time wasted—a life spent. My greatest fear is passing away from this world wit... M.J. CHRISMAN She's great for the game. She has that combination of glamour and hard work ethic, ... I think her m... CHRIS EVERT Elise ignored her complaints and eased her deeper into the water, until it was almost to her chest. ... SUZAN TISDALE One of the thrills of playing at the top tennis centres of the world is to see the Indian flag go up... SANIA MIRZA I have somebody I admire and want to keep at a distance. I've had the opportunity to meet her a ... TIG NOTARO I've been talking to Martina about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play s... MARTINA NAVRATILOVA I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys a... NOVAK DJOKOVIC If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended ... MARAT SAFIN It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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