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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThe main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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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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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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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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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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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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