I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.
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 would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.
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When you oppress people either by gender, by race, by sexual orientation, when you do that and the doors become ajar, they will fly open and they will come and they have.
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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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Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything’s very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain…and yet the US of A still hasn’t had a women president. It’s just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress.
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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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Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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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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People say, “Do you know how much a million dollars is?” I don’t have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?
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I have a lot to say, and if I’m not No. 1, I can’t say it.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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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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When I was outed, it was like, That’s done.
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