I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen 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.
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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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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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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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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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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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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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Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
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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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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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Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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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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