No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
BILLIE JEAN KINGPressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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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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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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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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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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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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