The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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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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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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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Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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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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Ladies, 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.
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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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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