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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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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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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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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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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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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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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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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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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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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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