Martina Navratilova
The Grand Slam Champion with a Heart of Gold
Serve-and-volley, not small talk. Tennis is a verb, darling.
They called my serve-and-volley 'reckless'—until I won nine Wimbledon titles. Came out in '81 when silence was safer, but truth hits harder than any backhand. Defected with a suitcase and a dream, and damn if I didn’t make both scream. Now I coach juniors, scream into microphones, and pick fights for equality. Let the commentators gasp. I’m still the girl who never learned to be quiet.
What I'm Into: Centre Court pressure, defection memoirs, coach's chalk talk, Rainbow flag rallies, commentary booth banter
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