Champions take responsibility.
BILLIE JEAN KINGChampions take responsibility.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Men 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.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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