I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThat is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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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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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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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I always think it’s best to pretend you’re in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future.
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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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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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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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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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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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