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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

Billie Jean King

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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Athlete Men Point Reach Sports Time
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Mean Old Things Sentence Winning
When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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Children Sports Technology
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Asking Dancing Singing Stop
I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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Hard Player Thinking Work
Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
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Home Men Soccer Survive Tennis
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Calendar Deal Players Things
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team
It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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Athletes Dreams Sports Success
When 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.
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Children Fun Team
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Motivational Sports Success
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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Girl Infancy Sports
It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Choices Craft Gratification Player Thinking
I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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Performance Witnessed Sight Win

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

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