It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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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Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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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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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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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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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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