I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
BILLIE JEAN KINGI would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
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You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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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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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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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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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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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.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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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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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.
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That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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