Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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