As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
BILLIE JEAN KINGDon’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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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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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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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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Champions take responsibility.
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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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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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