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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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I will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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