I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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You’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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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