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Don’t worry about what people say.

Billie Jean King

I didn’t really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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Care Sports Thinking
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
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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Build Connection Hope Over Stronger Time World
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
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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Games Needs Pipeline Stars Tennis
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
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
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Fleeting Forever Victory
I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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Baptism Out Over Time Person Stronger Truly Work
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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Beats Hero Reason Respected
When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Believe Dream People
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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Important People Tennis
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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Numbers Player Thinking Younger
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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Experience Heterosexual Mean Quite

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