Champions keep playing until they get it right.
BILLIE JEAN KINGAsk Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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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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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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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 will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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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