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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGBobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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.
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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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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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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
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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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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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