It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning 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.
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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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Champions take responsibility.
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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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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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