If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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 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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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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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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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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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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.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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I didn’t really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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