I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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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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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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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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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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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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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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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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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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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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