Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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.
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The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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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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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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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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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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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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