At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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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.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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