You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
BILLIE JEAN KINGDon’t worry about what people say.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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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.
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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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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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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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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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