Интервью с Навратиловой см.: Giles Smith, «Tennis: Wimbledon '93: Navratilova Looking Forward to a Happy 21st: The Woman with More Titles Than Any Other Player Relishes the Unpredictability of Grass, Especially on Centre Court,» Independent, June 21, 1993, .

Подробнее о создании препятствий самому себе см.: Arthur Frankel and Mel L. Snyder, "Egotism among the Depressed: When Self-Protection Becomes Self-Handicapping," 1987, paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, .