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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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Champions take responsibility.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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There’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.
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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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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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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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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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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on 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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