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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.

Billie Jean King

Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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Achievement Attitude Numbers
Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Boundaries People Softer
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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Player Sports Thinking
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Mean Old Things Sentence Winning
Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
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Since Sports Tennis Years
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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Adults Children Pathetic Playing Tennis
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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Numbers Player Thinking Younger
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Bad Everything Long Sports Years
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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Anybody Little Matter Mean Number One Ranking
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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Cooking Generation Winning
It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Birthday Down Today Upside
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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Sports Successful Young
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Art Game Moving Player Tennis

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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