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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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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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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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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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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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