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 KINGSports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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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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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Champions take responsibility.
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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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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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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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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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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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