There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
BILLIE JEAN KINGTennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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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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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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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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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Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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