Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women’s ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men’s tennis.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThere’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.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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 like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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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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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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