Quotes from Evonne Goolagong Cawley

It's nice to know you're improving and getting better.

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.

When I started I was pretty well the only Aboriginal player who was playing tournaments.

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.

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.

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.

The most exciting match I ever played was the 1974 US Open final against Billie Jean King.

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.

I had to stay in school before I started travelling overseas.

Trees always remind me of Aboriginal people.

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.

I know that from my own experience, after I had my daughter Kelly, I felt great. I just wanted to get back on that court.

I have won a few trophies in my time but I have never had a major event name their trophy after me.

When you say sorry it creates a better working relationship.

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.

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.

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.

I've always had an obsession with rackets.

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.

I even opened a nightclub called Evonne's.

I went through a tough time after leaving 'tennis.