Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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