I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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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It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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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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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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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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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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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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