Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
BILLIE JEAN KINGEveryone 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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You 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.
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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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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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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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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.
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