Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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Champions take responsibility.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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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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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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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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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 you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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