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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.

Billie Jean King

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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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
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 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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Doors People Race
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Motivational Sports Success Women
It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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Important People Tennis
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
Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
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Boys Opportunity Sports
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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Goal Running Sacrifice
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Inspirational Running Sports
Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Boundaries People Softer
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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Baptism Out Over Time Person Stronger Truly Work
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
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 think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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Numbers Player Thinking Younger

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