I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
BILLIE JEAN KINGMen still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
BILLIE JEAN KINGEver since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIn business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIt’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
BILLIE JEAN KINGThe most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
BILLIE JEAN KINGIn 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI 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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThe main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
BILLIE JEAN KINGYou 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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
BILLIE JEAN KINGSports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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