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I 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.

Billie Jean King

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Pressure Winning Wrestling
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Inspiring Obsession World
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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Home Men Soccer Survive Tennis
You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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Ball Brain Feel Many Times
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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Anybody Everyone Sports Thinking Way
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
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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Entreprenuer Enviison Future Same Time
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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Child Children More Soccer Sports
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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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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Doors People Race
Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
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Boys Opportunity Sports
Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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Build Connection Hope Over Stronger Time World

I 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.

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I 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.

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