I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIt’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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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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 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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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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