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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.

Billie Jean King

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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Country Some The Audience Transmit
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
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champion Pressure Privilege
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
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
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
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Competition Sports World
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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Mean Ready Therapists
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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Dedication Leadership Sports
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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Since Sports Tennis Years
Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
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Boys Opportunity Sports
You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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Goal Running Sacrifice
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
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
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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