If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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 was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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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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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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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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