I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
BILLIE JEAN KINGSports are a microcosm of society.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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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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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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 knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
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