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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.

Billie Jean King

It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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Important People Tennis
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Motivational Sports Success Women
Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That’s one of the reasons I beat him – because I respected him.
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Beats Hero Reason Respected
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.
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Doors People Race
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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Marriage Moments Next
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
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Fleeting Forever Victory
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Life Partners Person Private Want
It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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Athletes Dreams Sports Success
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.
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Character Sports Success
Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Pressure Winning Wrestling
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
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.
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Goal Running Sacrifice

Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.

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