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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.

Billie Jean King

Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Competition Sports World
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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Kings Law Recognition Sports
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
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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Care Sports Thinking
Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Badass Boxing Women
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champion Pressure Privilege
At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Important Moving Sports
When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Believe Dream People
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Mean Old Things Sentence Winning
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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Country Some The Audience Transmit
It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Choices Craft Gratification Player Thinking
Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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Cooking Generation Winning
When 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.
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Children Sports Technology
Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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Mean Ready Therapists
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team

You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.

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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.

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