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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.

Billie Jean King

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.
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Failure Matter Winning
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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Beats Hero Reason Respected
Some people do have softer boundaries.
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Boundaries People Softer
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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Father Husband Sports
You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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Calendar Deal Players Things
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’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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Country Some The Audience Transmit
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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Cooking Generation Winning
Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Pressure Privilege Tennis
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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Numbers Player Thinking Younger
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
Champions take responsibility.
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Champion Responsibility Taking
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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Dollars Finance Sports
I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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Game Hobby Passion Pilot Say Sports Tennis
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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Children Fun Team

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