I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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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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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
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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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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.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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