Don’t worry about what people say.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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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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Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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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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It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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You can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
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That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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