Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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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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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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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.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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