Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
BILLIE JEAN KINGMen 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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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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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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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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