When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
BILLIE JEAN KINGThe main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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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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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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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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I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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Reputation is what others think about you. What’s far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.
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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.
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When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and then I make sure they name their own team.
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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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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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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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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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