I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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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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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
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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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Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
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There’s no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.
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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there.
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I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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