Billie Jean King on winning
Billie Jean King73 quotes“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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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King 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.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King 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.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King 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.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King 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.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King 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.
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King 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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Aaron RodgersAaron Rodgers As a kid, I always wanted to obviously win a Super Bowl. Now that I’ve got one, it’s like, ‘Now what?’ Let’s go get another one!
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Aaron LevieAaron Levie Startups often win because it’s easier to see what comes next when you don’t have to worry about maintaining what came last.
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