Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
BILLIE JEAN KINGSome people do have softer boundaries.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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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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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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