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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More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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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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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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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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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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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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It’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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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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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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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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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