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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?

Billie Jean King

Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Mean Ready Therapists
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
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Inspirational Running Sports
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 KING

Dedication Leadership Sports
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Mean Old Things Sentence Winning
People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
BILLIE JEAN KING

Dollars Money People
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
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
Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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Build Connection Hope Over Stronger Time World
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Life Partners Person Private Want
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Motivational Sports Success
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
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
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.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Doors People Race
That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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Anybody Little Matter Mean Number One Ranking
Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Badass Boxing Women
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
Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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Girl Infancy Sports
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champion Pressure Privilege
You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Calendar Deal Players Things
In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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Dollars Finance Sports
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

Learning Sports Talent Winning
At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Important Moving Sports
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Asking Dancing Singing Stop

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