Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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 always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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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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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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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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