Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
BILLIE JEAN KINGSome people do have softer boundaries.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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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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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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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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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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