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 KINGWinning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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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I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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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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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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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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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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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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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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