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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
Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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Cooking Generation Winning
Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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Bisexual Everyone Gay Inspirational
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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Important People Tennis
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Bad Everything Long Sports Years
Ever 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.
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Since Sports Tennis Years
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
I 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.
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Kings Law Recognition Sports
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
Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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Everything Numbers Second Success Way
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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Great Made Money Sports Tennis
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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Father Husband Sports
It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Choices Craft Gratification Player Thinking
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
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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Children Fun Team

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