'My headband, in the early days, was also a lucky talisman.'

'My headband, in the early days, was also a lucky talisman. I was 11 years old, playing Yvana Masopust, when I kept brushing my hair out of my eyes. Father became so incensed by this that he took a clean handkerchief out of his pocket and tied it round my head. That was how I came to play in a headband.'

- Hana Mandlikova

(ref. " HANA", p166)

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