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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.

Billie Jean King

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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Adults Children Pathetic Playing Tennis
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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Hard Player Thinking Work
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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Kings Law Recognition Sports
Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Healing Inspirational Life Volleyball
A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Fall Girl Scholarship Sports
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
At 62 you want to keep moving; that’s important.
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Important Moving Sports
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Motivational Sports Success Women
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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Important People Tennis
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Mean Old Things Sentence Winning
When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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Children Sports Technology
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Love Personality Player Sports Today
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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Choices Dream Games Opportunities Sports
I would have them do their skill drills as a team and their fun drills together as a team, then they have to have a match at the end of every week. They can’t just have what they call a lesson today every week.
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Drills Match Skill The Lesson Week

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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