Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, youre needed by someone. – Martina Navratilova
People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected. – Martina Navratilova
Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people. – Martina Navratilova
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. – Martina Navratilova
The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate. – Charles Horton Cooley
The universal human laws – need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain – are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. – George Saunders