In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
BILLIE JEAN KINGPressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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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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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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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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