I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
BILLIE JEAN KINGIn business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
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The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
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I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, “What are your children playing?” And most of the time it’s not tennis. It’s pathetic.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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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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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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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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Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.
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Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
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In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.
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Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can’t be friends with everybody.
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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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A girl didn’t get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
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Women’s sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women’s sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
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Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given.
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