Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It’s dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
BILLIE JEAN KINGAny therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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It’s really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you’re still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you’re a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.
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There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
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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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Ladies, here’s a hint. If you’re up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That’s the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
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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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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
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When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?
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It’s important to try to get people to think about women’s wellness.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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