In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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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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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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