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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.

Billie Jean King

A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Fall Girl Scholarship Sports
I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Entrepreneur People Risk Sports
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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Father Husband Sports
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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Choices Dream Games Opportunities Sports
Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Pressure Winning Wrestling
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Asking Dancing Singing Stop
At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Important Moving Sports
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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Bisexual Everyone Gay Inspirational
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Competition Sports World
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
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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Dollars Money People
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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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking

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