It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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 a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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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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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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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 worry about what people say.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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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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You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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 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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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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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Champions take responsibility.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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