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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.

Billie Jean King

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
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
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 always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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Hard Player Thinking Work
At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Important Moving Sports
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
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Motivational Sports Success Women
Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Boundaries People Softer
I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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Player Sports Thinking
You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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Goal Running Sacrifice
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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Learning Sports Talent Winning
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
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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Home Men Soccer Survive Tennis
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
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

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