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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 / Tennis Player
Apartheid
South Africa
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Every time I hit the ball on the wall I uses to pretend I was there (Wimbledon). When I went to sleep I used to pretend I was there.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Sleep
Tennis
Wall
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Disaster
Spectators
Good Home Me
Good Memory
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When you have a dream you have to work hard to achieve that dream. Your dreams when you are young can be the force that keeps you going.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Dream
Sports
Hard Work
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Iron
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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 / Tennis Player
Ignorant
Mum
Racism
Worry
Early Days
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Explorers
Savages
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When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Forgotten
Legs
Staring
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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 / Tennis Player
Born
Mother
Retirement
Tennis
Possible
Combined
Mix
Seriously
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Missing
Normal Things
Everybody Else
Traveling
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Federer
Volley
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Finished
High School
Next
Next Year
Shorthand
Typing
Since
Never School High School
Year
Certificate
School Never High School
Travelling
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Equal Opportunity
Bobby
Fought
Jean
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Wimbledon
Time Night Day
Pretend
Magical
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Honour
Selected
Best Great Always
Captain
Fed
Great Pride
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Man Body Woman
First One
Margaret
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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 / Tennis Player
Sydney
Wimbledon
Time Dad Me
Each Time
Trips
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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 / Tennis Player
Aboriginal
Tennis Player
Time Good Thinking
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Neither winning nor losing means as much to me as knowing the crowd has enjoyed my match. 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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Home
Sports
Memories
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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.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Canada
Energetic
Home Great Back
Slept
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It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred to as an Aboriginal tennis player. Now I think the award means that I have been recognised as an entertainer and that makes me happy... It's given me probably as big a kick as winning Wimbledon.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Sports
Mean
Winning
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I'm sure many people who discover they are destined to be athletes before they know what kind, go through a period of revelation... when they realise instinctively that this is their game... I think I realised that those first couple of summers in Barellan when the War Memorial Tennis Club became my playground.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Tennis Player
Sports
Couple
Summer
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