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Sports are a microcosm of society.

Billie Jean King

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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Becoming Correction Much Person
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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Asking Dancing Singing Stop
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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Entreprenuer Enviison Future Same Time
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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Running Sports Strong
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Competition Sports World
I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Love Personality Player Sports Today
I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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Anybody Everyone Sports Thinking Way
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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Baptism Out Over Time Person Stronger Truly Work
Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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Girl Infancy Sports
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Fleeting Forever Victory
When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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Country Some The Audience Transmit
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Believe Dream People
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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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week

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