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.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIt’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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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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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 have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
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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 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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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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It’s your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down
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The trouble with being number one in the world – in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don’t relax and enjoy it.
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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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