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 KINGI like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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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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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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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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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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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.
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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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