Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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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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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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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 the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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You can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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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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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.
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