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.
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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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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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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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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You’ve got to win in sports – that’s talent – but you’ve also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.
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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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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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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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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