I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Champions take responsibility.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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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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I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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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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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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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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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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