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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.

Billie Jean King

When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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Believe Dream People
Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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Everything Numbers Second Success Way
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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Build Connection Hope Over Stronger Time World
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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Character Important Thinking
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
BILLIE JEAN KING

Failure Matter Winning
People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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Dollars Money People
The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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Running Sports Strong
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
You can’tbuy that. It’s about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don’t think it’s so much about becoming a tennis player. It’s about becoming a person.
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Becoming Correction Much Person
I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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After Firsts Lessons Life
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking
Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.
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Focus Mean Play
When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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Sports Successful Young
Marriage isn’t a 50-50 proposition very often. It’s more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.
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Marriage Moments Next
Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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Pressure Winning Wrestling
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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Motivational Sports Success

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