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Billie Jean King

It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Choices Craft Gratification Player Thinking
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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Great Made Money Sports Tennis
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Mean Old Things Sentence Winning
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
You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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Learning Sports Talent Winning
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
I didn’t really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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Care Sports Thinking
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champion Pressure Privilege
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
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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Athletes Dreams Sports Success
Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Pressure Winning Wrestling
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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Perfect Sports Tennis
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Motivational Sports Success
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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Bad Everything Long Sports Years
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis

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