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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

Billie Jean King

The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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Gone Important Responsibility
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Inspiring Obsession World
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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Baptism Out Over Time Person Stronger Truly Work
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Boundaries People Softer
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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Goal Running Sacrifice
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champion Pressure Privilege
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
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
I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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Adults Children Pathetic Playing Tennis
Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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Beats Hero Reason Respected
Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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Marriage Moments Next
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
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
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Motivational Sports Success

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

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