Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIt’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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