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.
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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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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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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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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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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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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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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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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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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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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