I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience – at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIn business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
More Billie Jean King Quotes
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I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
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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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Sports are a microcosm of society.
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I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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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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If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
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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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The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.
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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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You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.
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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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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
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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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I think if you’re put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they’re on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.
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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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