Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThe most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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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 business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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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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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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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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