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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

Billie Jean King

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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Perfect Sports Tennis
It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Choices Craft Gratification Player Thinking
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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Running Sports Strong
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
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
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Care Educational Games
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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Calendar Deal Players Things
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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Athlete Men Point Reach Sports Time
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
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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Debt Game Spend Tennis
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
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 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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Performance Witnessed Sight Win
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Motivational Sports Success
Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Boundaries People Softer

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

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