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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou’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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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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.
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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 have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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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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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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 always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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