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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.

Billie Jean King

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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Fleeting Forever Victory
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
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
Don’t go into debt and don’t spend a lot. It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much you spend.
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Debt Game Spend Tennis
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Microcosm Sports
In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two….
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Mean Old Things Sentence Winning
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
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
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Motivational Sports Success Women
No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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Inspiring Obsession World
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
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust
It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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Birthday Down Today Upside
Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Badass Boxing Women
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

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