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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.

Billie Jean King

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
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Fleeting Forever Victory
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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Baptism Out Over Time Person Stronger Truly Work
I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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Game Hobby Passion Pilot Say Sports Tennis
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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Country Some The Audience Transmit
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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Care Sports 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
A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Fall Girl Scholarship Sports
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team
I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don’t think about coming out. Unless you’re number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
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Numbers Player Thinking Younger
At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Important Moving Sports
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
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
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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Marriage Moments Next
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
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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Sports Successful Young
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking
As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
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Games Needs Pipeline Stars Tennis
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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Business Game Team Tennis World
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
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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Experience Heterosexual Mean Quite
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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Character Sports Success
I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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Adults Children Pathetic Playing Tennis
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Care Educational Games

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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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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