It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
BILLIE JEAN KINGDon’t worry about what people say.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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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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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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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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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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