Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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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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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for 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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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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