Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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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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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I will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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 important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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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 like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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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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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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