I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
BILLIE JEAN KINGMen 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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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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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Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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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, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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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 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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