Champions keep playing until they get it right.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Men 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.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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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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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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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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