Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
BILLIE JEAN KINGA champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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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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When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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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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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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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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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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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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