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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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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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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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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 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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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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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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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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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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