Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
BILLIE JEAN KINGPeople say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
More Billie Jean King Quotes
-
-
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
BILLIE JEAN KING -
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
Sports are a microcosm of society.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING -
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING