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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIf your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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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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Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Some people do have softer boundaries.
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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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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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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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Champions take responsibility.
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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
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