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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIn the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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You can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
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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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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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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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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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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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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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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 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 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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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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