Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
BILLIE JEAN KINGLadies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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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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The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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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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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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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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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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I will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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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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