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.
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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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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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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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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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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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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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I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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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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If you have one gay experience, does that mean you’re gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you’re straight? Life doesn’t work quite so cut and dried.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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