Chris Evert has come a long way from the days when she burst onto the international tennis scene at age 16. Today, the 57-year-old Evert and her brother, John, own Boca Raton, Florida’s Evert Academy, which provides year-round training for juniors dreaming of becoming tennis pros. In a Washington Post article, Evert talks about her ups and downs and the discovery of a new life where the old one had been — on a tennis court. In addition to the academy, she’s forging a business career with television commentary and new endorsement deals.
“I think that what I have gone through the last couple of years, a normal person would have gone through a long time ago,” Evert says in the article. “When you’re a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.”
The full Washington Post article can be found here.
Taking her past and applying it to her own future. Nothing is wasted as long as we don’t waste it.
Well said!