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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.

Billie Jean King

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
I think one of the concerns, anytime you’re in the human business, like sports, it’s a very high – risk endeavor.
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Player Sports Thinking
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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Inspirational Running Sports
It’s very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.
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Important People Tennis
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
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Care Educational Games
Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.
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Cooking Generation Winning
Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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Champion Pressure Privilege
The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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Failure Matter Winning
I didn’t really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.
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Care Sports Thinking
When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Done Like Outed
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
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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Children Fun Team
Don’t worry about what people say.
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Naysayers People Worry
Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].
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Better Getting Tennis Thinking
I like to see what future generations are thinking about.
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Future Game Generation Thinking
Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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Given Respect Something Trust

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