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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

Billie Jean King

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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Running Sports Strong
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Care Educational Games
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
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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Girl Minister Sports Team Women President
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
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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Character Important Thinking
Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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Beats Hero Reason Respected
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Fleeting Forever Victory
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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Entreprenuer Enviison Future Same Time
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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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week
When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Believe Dream People
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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Father Husband Sports
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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Learning Sports Talent Winning
I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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Baptism Out Over Time Person Stronger Truly Work
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champion Pressure Privilege
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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Player Sports Thinking

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

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