I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
BILLIE JEAN KINGDon’t worry about what people say.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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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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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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I will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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You can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
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I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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