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Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.

Billie Jean King

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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Calendar Deal Players Things
A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Fall Girl Scholarship Sports
Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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Beats Hero Reason Respected
When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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Country Some The Audience Transmit
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?
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Anybody Little Matter Mean Number One Ranking
It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Birthday Down Today Upside
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Competition Sports World
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Game Hobby Passion Pilot Say Sports Tennis
Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
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Home Men Soccer Survive Tennis
I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Entrepreneur People Risk Sports
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Everything Numbers Second Success Way
The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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Gone Important Responsibility
I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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Hard Player Thinking Work
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Fleeting Forever Victory

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