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 KINGI feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
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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.
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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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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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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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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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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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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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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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I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.
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I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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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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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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