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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.

Billie Jean King

Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Boys Opportunity Sports
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Goal Running Sacrifice
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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Gone Important Responsibility
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
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Competition Sports World
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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Experience Heterosexual Mean Quite
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
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 like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
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
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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Learning Sports Talent Winning
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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Dedication Leadership Sports
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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Adults Children Pathetic Playing Tennis
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
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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Care Sports Thinking

At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.

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