I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWinning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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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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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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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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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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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.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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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Champions take responsibility.
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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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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As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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