I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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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It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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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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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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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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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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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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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