Pressure is a privilege … it’s what you do with it that matters.
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 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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It’s about learning your craft. That’s a wonderful thing–especially with today’s consumerism and instant gratification.
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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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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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Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.
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When I was playing, we didn’t have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it’s a truly global sport, so the competition’s much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about.
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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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Any therapist will tell you that when you’re ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren’t ready.
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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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Don’t be afraid to hit the ball.
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Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.
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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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Don’t worry about what people say.
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I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.
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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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