Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
BILLIE JEAN KINGPressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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 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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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Champions take responsibility.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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