I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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.
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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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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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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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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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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn 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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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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