Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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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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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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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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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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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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