It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
BILLIE JEAN KINGAs far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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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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The 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.
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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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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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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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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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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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Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network… They have more companies they can get money from.
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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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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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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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