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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

Billie Jean King

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
When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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Sports Successful Young
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
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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Performance Witnessed Sight Win
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
Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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Character Important Thinking
A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Fall Girl Scholarship Sports
I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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Hard Player Thinking Work
When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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Children Sports Technology
You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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Ball Brain Feel Many Times
It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Birthday Down Today Upside
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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Beats Hero Reason Respected
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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Achievement Attitude Numbers
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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Dedication Leadership Sports
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking
Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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Girl Hardest Hints Tennis

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