Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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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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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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