If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
BILLIE JEAN KINGReputation 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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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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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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Don’t worry about what people say.
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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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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we’ve really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
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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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No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.
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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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When I’m performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.
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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
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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 like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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Being Number One isn’t everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it’s way ahead of whatever’s in second place.
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