Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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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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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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