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.
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.
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I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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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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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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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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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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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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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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