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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

Billie Jean King

Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Focus Mean Play
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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Kings Law Recognition Sports
We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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Country President Thinking
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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Perfect Sports Tennis
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
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Life Partners Person Private Want
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Inspirational Running Sports
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
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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Since Sports Tennis Years
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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Father Husband Sports
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking

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