Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
BILLIE JEAN KINGTennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
BILLIE JEAN KINGAt 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
BILLIE JEAN KINGSports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
BILLIE JEAN KINGA girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
BILLIE JEAN KINGSports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
BILLIE JEAN KINGVictory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
BILLIE JEAN KINGDon’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIn business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
BILLIE JEAN KINGHope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
BILLIE JEAN KINGPressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
BILLIE JEAN KINGNo one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
BILLIE JEAN KINGEveryone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThat is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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