Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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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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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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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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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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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