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Billie Jean King

Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team
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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Important People Tennis
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Inspirational Running Sports
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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Performance Witnessed Sight Win
People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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Dollars Money People
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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Goal Running Sacrifice
When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Believe Dream People
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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Games Needs Pipeline Stars Tennis
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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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
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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Character Sports Success
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Motivational Sports Success
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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Business Fall Integrity
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Inspiring Obsession World
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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Art Game Moving Player Tennis

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