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Billie Jean King

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn’t allowed in a photo because I wasn’t wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
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Since Sports Tennis Years
I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Entrepreneur People Risk Sports
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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Entreprenuer Enviison Future Same Time
I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team.
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Bests Event Men Sports Team
Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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Badass Boxing Women
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
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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Motivational Sports Success Women
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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Anybody Everyone Sports Thinking Way
I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you.
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Baptism Out Over Time Person Stronger Truly Work
I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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Love Personality Player Sports Today
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
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
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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Achievement Attitude Numbers
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
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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Dedication Leadership Sports
The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are ‘accept responsibility.’
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Gone Important Responsibility

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