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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

Billie Jean King

I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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Adults Children Pathetic Playing Tennis
Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Pressure Winning Wrestling
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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Calendar Deal Players Things
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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Character Important Thinking
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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Build Connection Hope Over Stronger Time World
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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Father Husband Sports
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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Cooking Generation Winning
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.
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Boys Opportunity Sports
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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Important People Tennis
The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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Running Sports Strong
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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Learning Sports Talent Winning
I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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Art Game Moving Player Tennis
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
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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Great Made Money Sports Tennis

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