Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThe trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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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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 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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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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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 would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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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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