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 KINGWhen I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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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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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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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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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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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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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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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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