No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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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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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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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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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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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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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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