That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
BILLIE JEAN KINGMarriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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 always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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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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Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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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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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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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.
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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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