That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
BILLIE JEAN KINGEvery generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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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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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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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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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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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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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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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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I didn’t really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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You can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
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When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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