Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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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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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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 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 think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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