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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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 take responsibility.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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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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I 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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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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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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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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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 would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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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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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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