Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
BILLIE JEAN KINGLadies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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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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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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When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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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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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.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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