The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
BILLIE JEAN KINGWhen people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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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?
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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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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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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.
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