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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

Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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Athlete Men Point Reach Sports Time
At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Important Moving Sports
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Important People Thinking
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
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
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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Running Sports Strong
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Choices Craft Gratification Player Thinking
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Inspiring Obsession World
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
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
Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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Cooking Generation Winning
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking
Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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Bisexual Everyone Gay Inspirational
I will tell you King’s First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
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Kings Law Recognition Sports
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
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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Games Needs Pipeline Stars Tennis
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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Business Fall Integrity
Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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Debt Game Spend Tennis
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Bad Everything Long Sports Years
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
Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Badass Boxing Women
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
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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Achievement Attitude Numbers
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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Boys Opportunity Sports

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